GOP cheers passage of Trump’s Medicaid-cutting bill

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Republicans vote for the Trump bill they criticized. Also, The New York Times reports Vladimir Putin is rebuilding his wealth as Donald Trump eases sanctions. And Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats will “press on” fighting for Americans. Rebecca Cooke, Secy. Kathleen Sebelius, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Amb. Michael McFaul join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Ellie Vilshey hosting.
0:02.6	Good evening, Allie.
0:03.5	What an excellent show.
0:04.4	Thank you, my friend.
0:05.2	I appreciate that.
0:06.0	I hope you get a little bit of a break this weekend.
0:08.7	You too.
0:09.4	Hardest working man in the business.
0:10.8	I hope you do too, at some point.
0:12.4	At some point.
0:13.1	Thanks.
0:13.6	Have a great weekend.
0:14.9	We'll see you next week.
0:16.3	Sounds good.
0:16.8	Thanks, Chuck. Well, Republicans knew it was bad. They said so. On the record, into microphones at
0:24.2	closed-door meetings. Republicans knew that the bill would hurt millions of Americans. They knew
0:29.5	it would slash Medicaid, leaving 17 million people without health care. They knew it would close
0:35.7	rural hospitals. They knew it would devastate nursing homes. They knew it would close rural hospitals. They knew it would devastate nursing
0:38.7	homes. They knew it would cut nutrition assistance for poor children. They knew it would add
0:43.3	trillions to the national debt. And they voted for it anyway. Why did you change? Andy Harris said,
0:52.2	because we got a package that I think would have turned out better
0:54.7	than what we would have gotten. The reporter says, but is that caving? Harris says, winning is caving?
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