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Sen. Coons: “You can only benefit from the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid if you have legal status in this country. We are not fighting for health care for people here illegally. That’s not true. We are fighting for health care for Americans.”

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Why are they still using these stale talking points alone? Why aren't they telling Faux viewers that the GOP made the $20 billion to Argentina "essential" in the clean CR? So we can afford to bail out a South American dictator, but not preserve healthcare for American citizens.

Dems need to flip the free healthcare for illegals back on Republicans…..start messaging that Republicans can add a provision to the CR that all of the HC changes the Dems are demanding will only apply to US Citizens.

Sen. Coons forgot to remember to say Trump and the entire Trump Regime are lying when the spew tge lie about giving medical benefits to illegal immigrants.

Sick of the Republicans.. they whine to open this sick harmful government, and yet want to shut down hospitals,Obamacare, Medicaid, just to take in more money for their rich friends! Hold the line, Democrats!👏🏻👏🏻❤️

Whoa whoa… slow down there. Fox News viewers won’t be able to follow because truth scares them. Just make something up, like illegals are eating cats and dogs in Ohio. Or that Trump won the 2020 election. They’ll follow you then.

Need to focus on their lying strategy in general. We can not have leaders who systematically lie to us as a manipulative and fascist tactic to gain power. It’s criminal!

The fight shouldn’t be over Medicare or Medicaid, all Americans should have universal healthcare at the very least equal to the same healthcare that all of these POS politicians have.

The politically strategic&factual way to present this but man does that sound as racist or white nationalist as wt a Republikkkan'd say. Denying healthcare to human beings working,studying& living next to us is inhumane,immoral&bc health's collective, epidemiologically stupid&self-destructive.

Let me just say that it is in everyone’s best interest for everyone in America to have health care. This is what should have been learned through the COVID pandemic. Trump and RFK jr are careening us toward another pandemic that they will not give a shit about dealing with but will grift off of.

Good for Sen. Coons for going on Fox. But I think it's time to get a little rough around the edges and say clearly that Republicans are lying, constantly. The GOP is not here to help you, Maga, unless you're a billionaire.

Do a commercial during a popular prime time show that’s NOT news. Like Sunday night football or law and order (new episode) The people who are watching you already know this crap. I see more Trump/Kristi Noem ads while watching shows. Hate them with every molecule in my body but it’s smart. 😩

Nor Judeo-Christian. Just an abomination to humanity. "And whosoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved the entire world." Sure sure, sounds great, but let me see their papers first.

Finally!!! I've been screaming at my TV for some democrat to refute the MAGA lies about healthcare & set the record straight. Thank you, Chris!

From what I'm reading from several experts, Republicans can reopen the government anytime they want by applying the nuclear option and passing the budget. The nuclear option was an action they took just last week on a group of Trump nominees.

Why are we falling for this? Are undocumented humans such a bad problem?! Aren’t they just people trying have a better life? If they need medical treatment why is the thought of helping them so terrible? Shouldn’t everyone have the opportunity for medical care?!

The thing about this GOP lie that I cant stop laughing about: This regime is allegedly in the process of deporting all the "illegals" so.... how does this lie even make sense or get any traction? That awkward moment when your new lie exposes your previous lie.

The ACA was life-saving to me when I took a job during COVID that didn't offer health insurance. Without the ACA, I would have been uninsured. The Republicans care nothing about the working class. Time for them to have a rude awakening. Time to Vote Them Out!

She kept bringing up people with protected status but Trump pulled that rug out already! And, besides, they should get healthcare if they are paying taxes, buying food and clothing, cars, gas, renting or buying homes…why not?!?

I love how they lie & so that's the ONLY argument you make...are we in The Twilight Zone? Are you that easily distracted by gaslighting we all see thru immediately by now? Stop acting like that's the argument! Healthcare for ALL or NONE! This is "Repeal w/ no REPLACEMENT" AGAIN!

These “people “ don’t care about truth. We keep trying to hammer in facts and they just shake it off. They’re losing everything and they just keep cheering. It’s like Jonestown they just keep drinking that kool-aid. Maybe what we need is someone skilled in deprogramming cult members.

#Trumpism #Deception #LIES #LieDenyDeflect #Hatred #Nepotism #Corruption #CoverUp #Narcissists #Racism #WhitePrivilege #NoMorals Trump has never, in his entire pathetic life, NOT cheated, stolen, LIED, bribed, bullied, blackmailed, twisted the law, or threatened people to get whatever he wants!

Here's the problem... Democrats care that people are without paychecks and losing jobs Republicans don't And the ones that do have demonstrated OVER & OVER that they will NEVER oppose Trump regardless of how mad it makes their Constituents So tell me how Democrats "win" anything

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year. They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency. Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

Yes; it is a crucial to our country. We must tax the wealthy, and apply to universal health care to all Americans. Let us best other Democracys that have provided that for their people. Cath up America!

We should keep this government closed through the inauguration. Only way to protect us from Trump is to take our money away from Trump. Shut it down. Keep it shut. Our democracy is worth paying these folks when we reopen as a democracy. This is our cocoon moment. Moth to butterfly. Transformed.

Most already know ER is the only way for free to all who enter if unable to pay because doctors made and took an oath to save "life". As military took oath to constitution for the people, not Trump.

I am a liberal Democrat but I researched this. It's not true. Firstly, hospitals are required to see undocumented immigrants in ERs under a law Reagan signed. Many noncitizens without insurance use ERs for urgent care type stuff. If the patient meets income requirements the hospital is reimbursed

using federal Medicaid funds. So they get Medicaid in a roundabout way. Also, about a third of states cover undocumented immigrants under their Medicaid systems to one extent or another. States contend this is all state money but Republicans say the streams cross. It's complicated, but there are

definitely undocumented immigrants on some state systems. Republicans contend this also creates a moral hazard as it encourages those here illegally to stay. Republicans would like to force them to self deport. Thirdly there were noncitizens on ACA rolls. Not undocumented, but not citizens.

I believe the new Republican law puts an end to this as well. They contend no subsidies should be paid by citizen taxpayers for noncitizens (those here legally) as the ACA subsidies are for low income citizens only. They passed the law (reconciliation) but democrats are now using past GOP shutdown

Again Non corp spend month. If the dems stop spending money for a month on discretionary things, most specifically from large corps, that would apply more pressure than any other actions. Stop spending until ice fucks off.

Obama would have liked a gold-plated program like that. But he did what he could. The ACA was not what he wanted but it was what he could get through. As long as Congress can make their own rules by voting for their own perks while enriching themselves we'll have corruption.

That statement fucking sucks. I hate these Democrats. Fight for EVERYONE to have access to quality healthcare. These immigrants pick your fucking strawberries snd vegetables, Mr Coons. They mow your fucking lawn and clean your pool. And you are going to dismiss them and what they contribute? U suck.

Who really drove the January 6th insurrection a confused 75yr old man? No, Fox News Did! Fox News: Weaponized Extreme Right Wing Propaganda! Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade, Openly called for mentally ill unhoused people to be executed. “Or involuntary lethal injection or something. Just kill them.”

This is way too complicated an answer. Coons just needs to say they’re fighting to get the Epstein list released but republicans won’t release it because they’re pedophiles.

Please - if you've not come out to protest 'til now, PLEASE show up on the 18th. It HAS TO BE PEACEFUL, but We The People need to have voices heard. The shut-down might also be the perfect time for a work outage, as well. Meeting chaos w/chaos might be the only way to show GOP we're not lying down.

It’s the calling out part. We Dems & Progressives need to stop making obvious statements alone, and start adding deserved aspersions.

Good job Chris. Democrats need to be speaking the truth at every opportunity. When Trump/Minions are the only ones talking; spreading misinformation and lies, it becomes truth for people who aren’t willing to do their own research. Trump is vilifying the democrats 24/7. DEMS: GET IN THE FIGHT.

He needs to call that out directly. Your viewers need to understand Trump and Co are lying, and if your coverage isn't making that clear you need to reconsider it.

The Russian Republicans have been spreading lies and misinformation for decades now about how illegal immigrants are getting certain benefits from the government and they know that it is a lie and a scam.