Jennings to Ritchie Torres Saying There Aren’t Illegals in Medicaid: ‘You’re Lying’
EXCERPT:
JENNINGS: "Then why are 1.4 million on it? Why are — "
TORRES: "That‘s a figment of your imagination."
JENNINGS: "It‘s a figment of the CBO‘s documents."
TORRES: "Let me explain the facts to you."
JENNINGS: "It's the CBO documents.
TORRES: "I‘ll explain the facts to you."
JENNINGS: "Is it or not?"
TORRES: "Let me explain — it‘s not, actually."
JENNINGS: "You are lying. Literally lying."
TORRES: "No, that is not — it is not true."
PHILLIP: "Okay, hang on, hang on a second."
JENNINGS: "Lie. Liar."
TORRES: "So, Medicaid is — "
NAVARRO: "They're talking about state programs."
PHILLIP: "Hold on, guys."
TORRES: "Medicaid — Medicaid is the most popular program after Social Security and Medicare. So $1 trillion cut to Medicaid, which is what Republicans just did, is not only bad morals and bad economics, it‘s bad politics. Medicaid is actually more popular than you, Scott Jennings. It has a 70% approval rating among Republicans."
JENNINGS: "How do you know what my approval rating is?"
TORRES: "More than 80% among independents, more than 90% among Democrats. It‘s political suicide for Republicans."
JENNINGS: "I think it‘s political suicide to come on as a member of Congress and lie about what the CBO says."