'End Of The Day, It's Still Crap': Ted Lieu Accuses GOP Of Trying To 'Rebrand' Big Beautiful Bill

During a press conference on Tuesday, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) spoke about the public framing of the Big Beautiful Bill.

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00:00I'll turn it over to Vice-Chair Ted Lieu. Thank you Chairman Aguilar. Under the

00:06policies of Donald Trump and House Republicans, prices have gone up, up, and

00:11up. The latest inflation report shows that core CPI rose by the highest it's

00:17been since the last six months. Energy prices have gone up, electricity is

00:22skyrocketing in a number of areas, more than doubling the pace of inflation in

00:26some of these areas. We know food prices have gone up. For example, one pound of

00:31beef has gone up 12.8% in the last six months. One pound of chicken breast has

00:37gone up nearly 6% in the last six months. And if you want to finance a new car with

00:42a car loan, it's gone up about $400 in the last six or seven months. And what is

00:48Donald Trump and House Republicans doing about it? Nothing. In fact, House

00:52Republicans today on the Judiciary Committee are holding a hearing on

00:56European laws in Europe that govern what Europeans can say about speech. That's

01:03what they're talking about, instead of addressing inflation or the Epstein

01:07files. And then Trump's tariffs are going to make these costs even worse. We're

01:12asking House Republicans and Donald Trump to focus on what the American people

01:15want, which is to bring down costs. We know, as Chairman Aguilar said, healthcare

01:20costs are going to skyrocket as well. Because of this big, ugly bill, you're going to have

01:25deep cuts to Medicaid, as well as the ACA, and an additional $500 billion to Medicare. We saw

01:32today that the Trump administration is trying to rebrand the big, ugly bill. Turns out, you

01:38cannot rebrand crap, right? You can call it fecal matter. You can call it poo. At the end of the day,

01:44it's still crap. And that's because the big, ugly bill has massive cuts to healthcare largest in U.S.

01:49history. And in exchange, they give really large tax breaks to billionaires and millionaires,

01:56including a new yacht tax.

01:58So, thank you very much.

02:06So, thank you very much.