Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “President Trump issued some statements throughout this process saying, urging, and insisting that this bill does not cut…”

“President Trump issued some statements throughout this process saying, urging, and insisting that this bill does not cut Medicaid. He has also said some things. He says he doesn't think I am too much of a smart person. I will tell you one thing. It doesn't take a smart person to know if you are being lied to. President Trump, you are either being lied to or you are lying to the American people because this bill represents, in the text of this bill, the largest and greatest loss of healthcare in American history. Seventeen million Americans will lose their healthcare with this bill, not undocumented people, not the disgusting term 'illegal,' but 17 million Americans will have their healthcare cut from this bill. On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there. The cap on that is $25,000, while you are jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the United States, while taking away their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid, and while kicking them off of the ACA and their healthcare extensions. If you are at home and living off tips, you do the math. Is that worth it to you? Losing all your healthcare, not being able to feed your babies, and not being able to put a diaper on their bottom in exchange for what? This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt.”