‘He Lied To The American People’: Pete Aguilar Does Not Hold Back Slamming Trump’s Economic Policies

During Tuesday's House Democratic leadership press briefing, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) discussed President Trump's economic agenda.

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00:00Good morning. So grateful to be joined today by DPCC Chair Debbie Dingell and Co-Chair Lori Trahan.

00:09Both of those members, and of course Vice Chair Ted Lieu, both of those members are on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

00:17And as we all know, House Republicans are running scared this week because they plan to take away health care for millions of Americans

00:25while rewarding billionaires with tax giveaways, and these members will speak specifically to that.

00:34Most endangered members on the other side of the aisle have already voted to cut Medicaid by $880 billion,

00:42and Speaker Johnson is scrambling now to give them cover.

00:46And his most extreme members, by the way, those are the ones that he owes having the gavel to,

00:52are going to revolt if Medicaid cuts aren't as harmful to working families as possible.

01:00All of this is taking place against the backdrop of an economy that is in a free fall.

01:07We're heading toward a recession, a supply chain crisis that will resort in more price hikes,

01:14and all of this is because of Donald Trump's policies.

01:17He lied to the American people when he said he'd lower costs on day one,

01:22and he lied to them over the weekend when he said that he won't cut Medicaid.

01:27Trump's lies are going to cost people their jobs, their livelihoods, potentially their homes,

01:32and he could care less because his billionaire friends and family get rich.

01:38House Republicans should use this time, this free week that they have,

01:42to vote on policy that matters for everyday Americans.

01:46But instead, they should be talking about turning off tariffs that are reckless and dangerous.

01:54But instead, we're talking about Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

02:00A slap in the face to hardworking Americans who want their leaders to bring down the cost of living,

02:06the cost that they face each and every day in child care, in health care, in gas, groceries, rent.

02:14Those are things that the American public cares about,

02:16and those are the things that House Republicans are ignoring each and every day.

02:21With that, I turned it over to Vice Chair Ted Lieu.