Hakeem Jeffries Insists It’s ‘a Lie’ that He Supports Healthcare for Illegals — Even After Tapper Cites Provision Allowing It

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TAPPER: "So let me ask you about a provision that the Republicans are talking about quite a bit. I know you want to talk about and Democrats want to talk about extending the ObamaCare subsidies, which expire at the end of 2025, but they talk about the provisions — and it’s right here, Subtitle E, and this has to do with the repeal of healthcare subtitle changes. And specifically what it is, they — how they characterize it characterize it as you want to give health insurance to undocumented immigrants. I understand that’s not really an accurate depiction, but what it does do is — "
JEFFRIES: "That’s a lie."
TAPPER: "It’s a lie. But what you support does bring back funding for emergency Medicaid to hospitals, some of which does pay for undocumented immigrants and people who don’t have health insurance. And also there is this provision, and it’s not about undocumented immigrants, it’s about people with — asylum seekers and people with temporary protected status, et cetera, et cetera, but about their ability to get Medicaid.”