Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned President Trump's proposed budget cuts during a town hall, stressing that it would harm vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly. He characterized the budget as reckless and un-American, promising to unify efforts to prevent it from enactment. The event was part of a nationwide tour, highlighting the opposition to the cuts in safety-net programs like Medicaid and Social Security, while his remarks attracted criticism from Republican representatives who deemed them hypocritical.
We are committed to doing everything we can at this moment to stop the Republicans from trying to jam this reckless, extreme budget down the throats of the American people.
It will hurt children and families and seniors and women and older Americans and Americans with disabilities. Hospitals will close, nursing homes could shut down, and in fact, people could die.
We're going to do everything we can to stop this budget in its tracks, bury it in the ground and make sure it never rises again.
Christian Martinez criticized Jefferies' appearance, calling him 'delusional, destructive, and drenched in hypocrisy.'
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