House Democrat to Jennings: Medicaid caregivers 'working much harder than you are'

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) sparred with CNN commentator Scott Jennings over comments he made Wednesday on Medicaid and steep cuts to the program included in President Trump's tax and spending bill.

As Torres blasted House Republicans for supporting cuts to Medicaid with the legislation signed into law on July 4, Jennings said "according to the [Congressional Budget Office], which you deny the existence of, apparently ... almost five million people, who choose not to work, would be."

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