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On the recordMarch 4, 2025
The NRCC wants to extract Republicans out of their communities, out of their districts, so they don’t feel as connected, so they isolate them so they can be more easily manipulated and bullied into cutting Medicaid.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez explains GOP strategy to avoid community backlash on Medicaid cuts.

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