WEBVTT - Autopen-Gate begins as White House Opens Probe plus Are Illegal Immigrants Getting Benefits in New York?

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<v Speaker 1>And yet we heard from White House aid near A

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<v Speaker 1>Tannan reportedly testifying she had no idea who in Biden's

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<v Speaker 1>inner circle gave her permission to use the autopen. If

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<v Speaker 1>there is this underlying plot to hide Biden's mental condition

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<v Speaker 1>so that others could arrogate his power in that way,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a conspiracy crime. So it's no wonder two people

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<v Speaker 1>who already taken the fifth.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.

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<v Speaker 3>Good Thursday morning. It's so nice to have you with

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<v Speaker 3>us on the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got

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<v Speaker 3>some really big breaking news. Representative James Comer now explaining

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<v Speaker 3>exactly what's at stake in the investigation to Biden's autopen use.

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<v Speaker 3>And yes, the White House is now opening an investigation

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<v Speaker 3>into that autopen, who was using it and did Joe

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<v Speaker 3>Biden even know it was happening. Also, you may have

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<v Speaker 3>heard the big lie Democrats saying that illegal immigrants are

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<v Speaker 3>not on Medicaid. Well, Representative Wesley Hunt is now asking

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<v Speaker 3>New York about their six hundred and seventy thousand illegal

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<v Speaker 3>immigrants and quote how many of them are actually on Medicaid.

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<v Speaker 3>Morning Update and it starts right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Story number one.

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<v Speaker 3>It is official. The White House now confirming they are

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<v Speaker 3>opening the autopen Biden investigation. Yes, you can smile. We

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<v Speaker 3>may actually get some answers about just how bad the

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<v Speaker 3>cognitive decline of Joe Biden was and who was actually

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<v Speaker 3>running the White House. It was clearly an auto pen,

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<v Speaker 3>and somebody was directing that autopen to do things and

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<v Speaker 3>sign things and give out pardons, and it wasn't the

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<v Speaker 3>sitting President Joe Biden. The White House Council's Office has

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<v Speaker 3>officially opened this investigation on former President Joe Biden's White

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<v Speaker 3>House abuse of the presidential autopen to sign those pardons,

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<v Speaker 3>executive orders, and other laws and actions, potentially without the

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<v Speaker 3>former president's knowledge. This is, in my opinion, one of

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest political scandals in all of American history. Sources

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<v Speaker 3>confirming the opening of the investigation within the Trump White

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<v Speaker 3>House and the Press Secretary Caroline Levitt issued a statement

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<v Speaker 3>that the administration is quote committed to finding the answers.

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<v Speaker 3>Joe Biden was the worst, the most incompetent, and se

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<v Speaker 3>now president in our country's history, is what Caroline Levitt

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<v Speaker 3>wrote in a statement responding to the press request for

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<v Speaker 3>a comment. It has been widely reported that Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 3>handed the power of the presidency to an auto pen

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<v Speaker 3>that was controlled by unelected leftist staffers who were allowed

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<v Speaker 3>to make terrible decisions that destroyed our country. Trump White

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<v Speaker 3>House is committed to finding the answers to many outstanding

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<v Speaker 3>questions the American people still have about how business in

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<v Speaker 3>the Biden White House was conducted. Levitt's statement added President

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<v Speaker 3>Trump also had something to say at the White House

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<v Speaker 3>in an unrelated sitting in the Oval Office. Here's what

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<v Speaker 3>he had to say about this scandal as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Whoever operated the autopen had a policy which is by

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<v Speaker 4>the way, I think the biggest scandal, that's the scandal

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<v Speaker 4>should be talking about, not Jeffrey Epstein. The scandle you

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<v Speaker 4>should be talking about is the AUTOPEN, because I think

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<v Speaker 4>it's the biggest scandal, one of them in American history.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, let's talk about what the investigation is going to

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<v Speaker 3>look like. I'm being told that this investigation will include

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<v Speaker 3>the review of tens of thousands of documents turned over

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<v Speaker 3>to the National Archives as well as Records Administration, and

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<v Speaker 3>those documents, as The New York Times first reported early

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<v Speaker 3>over the weekend, will potentially provide direct evidence of whether

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<v Speaker 3>Biden was aware of the actions that were being signed

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<v Speaker 3>by the AUTOPEN that would be his signature. Now, Biden

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<v Speaker 3>potentially absolved as senior officials that acted on his behalf

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<v Speaker 3>by autopen by telling The Times in a blanket statement

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<v Speaker 3>that could whitewash complicity, saying, quote, I conscientiously made all

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<v Speaker 3>those decisions, is what Biden's staff said to The Times.

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<v Speaker 3>I made every decision quote unquote is Biden's quote. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>the American people, you can decide to believe Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think it's pretty clear that White House is

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<v Speaker 3>not going to take the former president at his word.

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<v Speaker 3>Which brings me to another story, a very important one

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<v Speaker 3>as well. There's a guy by the name of Anthony Bernal.

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<v Speaker 3>He is the former chief of staff for the First

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<v Speaker 3>Lady Joe Biden often dubbed her work husband. He was

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<v Speaker 3>before Congress and invoked his Fifth Amendment right during a

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<v Speaker 3>deposition by the House Oversite Committee. Fact he refused to

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<v Speaker 3>answer any questions related President Joe Biden's cognitive fitness, whether

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<v Speaker 3>he was ever asked to lie about the president's health

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<v Speaker 3>or about the use of the presidential auto pen. Now

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<v Speaker 3>he is the second former aide to do so, following

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<v Speaker 3>the president's physician, doctor Kevin O'Connor. Oversight Committee chairman James

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<v Speaker 3>Comer emphasized the seriousness of this refusal, saying it raises

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<v Speaker 3>concern barns that unelected staff may have assumed presidential level

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<v Speaker 3>decision making responsibilities. Now, doctor Kevin O'Connor, who also pled

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<v Speaker 3>the fifth Biden's longtime White House physician, invoked it the

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<v Speaker 3>same way at a closed door deposition before the same committee.

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<v Speaker 3>The committee pressed him on whether he was ever instructed

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<v Speaker 3>to misrepresent Biden's health or believe the president to be

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<v Speaker 3>unfit to serve. He would not answer that question. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>Republicans have obviously highlighted this as an extraordinary cover up

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<v Speaker 3>and suggestive of a concealed cover up that was planned

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<v Speaker 3>by top level people in the White House. The Democrats

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<v Speaker 3>would have been involved, and the doctor's legal team stress

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<v Speaker 3>that exercising the right does not imply wrongdoing. It simply

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<v Speaker 3>protects self incrimination. So here's the bigger picture. The House

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<v Speaker 3>Oversight Committee, led by James Comer, is actively investigating the

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<v Speaker 3>allegations that Biden's health issues were so secretive, we're so

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<v Speaker 3>concealed that aids may have used the autopen to sign

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<v Speaker 3>official documents, possibly circumventing presidential authority, and they may have

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<v Speaker 3>signed documents that Joe Biden never intended to sign, didn't

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<v Speaker 3>even know existed and invoke policy decisions that he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>even know about. Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat from Texas, a

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<v Speaker 3>Committee Democrat, has defended President Biden, asserting that occasional verbal

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<v Speaker 3>missteps are not quote, evidence of cognitive failure. The investigation

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<v Speaker 3>into Biden's cognitive fitness and potential misuse of the autopen

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<v Speaker 3>is clearly intensifying, with Bernald and O'Connor both invoking their

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<v Speaker 3>Fifth Amendment rights. House Republicans view this as evidence of

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<v Speaker 3>internal concealment, while Democrats are maintaining the lie, saying this

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<v Speaker 3>is no big deal at all and it doesn't prove

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<v Speaker 3>any wrongdoing. Now, at the end of the day, this

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<v Speaker 3>is going to come down to what the White House finds,

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<v Speaker 3>what they see in the records, and I wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 3>shocked to see more people vote to fit the amendment

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<v Speaker 3>so they don't incriminate themselves or lie under oath to Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, story number two, there has.

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<v Speaker 3>Been a question that many Republicans have been asking how

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<v Speaker 3>many illegal immigrants are actually receiving access to Medicaid benefits. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>if you ask the Democratic Party, they will tell you

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<v Speaker 3>that there isn't a single illegal immigrant that is receiving

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<v Speaker 3>Medicaid benefits Insert a brilliant move by Texas Representative Wesley Hunt.

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<v Speaker 3>He's now demanding data from the New York governor over

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<v Speaker 3>how many of the states estimated six hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 3>thousand legal immigrants are actually receiving access to those Medicaid

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<v Speaker 3>benefits that Democrats say, well, it's not happening at all. Hunt,

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<v Speaker 3>a Republican, decided to just straight up ask the question

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<v Speaker 3>directly to the governor on Monday, raising questions about how

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<v Speaker 3>the Empire State has leveraged waivers to actually allow its

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<v Speaker 3>Medicaid program to oper differently from federal standards and mandates.

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<v Speaker 3>Governor Hochel is required to report this information to the

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<v Speaker 3>federal government. So the question is simple, will she comply

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<v Speaker 3>or containue to harbor lawbreakers while putting the healthcare of

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<v Speaker 3>law abiding citizens at risk? Hunt said in his statement

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<v Speaker 3>to the New York Posts. This is what democratic leadership

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<v Speaker 3>looks like, open borders, benefits for illegal aliens, and betrayal

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<v Speaker 3>of the people they're supposed to be representing. The American people. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>there is an estimated one point four million people quote

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<v Speaker 3>whose citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory. Immigration status is not quote verified,

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<v Speaker 3>and they are potentially being covered by Medicaid programs in

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<v Speaker 3>various states that coming now from the Congressional Budget Office.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll have more on that in a moment. But one

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<v Speaker 3>study from the liberal leaning Fists Policy Institute, cited by

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<v Speaker 3>Congressman Hunt, found that there are some six hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>seventy thousand illegal immigrants in the Empire State. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>it is now about five percent of the population. New

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<v Speaker 3>York has benefited from Section one one one five waivers,

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<v Speaker 3>which allows it to experiment and deviate from federal standards

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<v Speaker 3>in its implementation of Medicaid, a program that provides health

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<v Speaker 3>insurance to seventy million low income Americans, and now the

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<v Speaker 3>question is how many illegals. A spokesperson for the governor

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<v Speaker 3>quickly fired back a Congressman Hunt and argued that he

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<v Speaker 3>should have focused on opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill

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<v Speaker 3>Act over its Medicaid reforms instead of targeting New York,

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<v Speaker 3>saying this, if Representative Hunt were truly concerned about the

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<v Speaker 3>health and well being of his constituents, he should have

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<v Speaker 3>directed his focus to voting against the ugly bill, which

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<v Speaker 3>will invoke irreparable damage to Medicaid programs nationwide, including in

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<v Speaker 3>his home state of Texas. Yet again, you may notice

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<v Speaker 3>that the spokesperson for the governor did not answer the

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<v Speaker 3>question how many illegal immigrants are receiving benefits? This is

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<v Speaker 3>just another pitiful attempt. The governor's office went on to

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<v Speaker 3>say to divert attention from Republican actions to eliminate healthcare

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<v Speaker 3>for one point five million New Yorkers and deny food

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<v Speaker 3>security access to millions of seniors and children. You'll notice

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<v Speaker 3>in that statement, yet again the governor New York refusing

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<v Speaker 3>to answer the question how many illegal immigrants are taking

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<v Speaker 3>government benefits. Now, state officials have told the New York

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<v Speaker 3>Post that, quote, most undocumented individuals are not eligible for

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<v Speaker 3>full medicaid coverage. Now notice the words they used, most

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<v Speaker 3>undocumented individuals are not eligible for quote full medicaid coverage.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, that statement would also be true for

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<v Speaker 3>most American citizens are not eligible for full Medicaid coverage,

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<v Speaker 3>and that the small group that is enrolled in the

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<v Speaker 3>state's program has not benefited they claim from federal dollars. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>New York also claimed that spending was unrelated to the

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<v Speaker 3>one one one five waivers. Well then, why would the

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<v Speaker 3>Governor New York not answer this simple question that was

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<v Speaker 3>put to her by Wesley Hunt. Now. Hunt noted that

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<v Speaker 3>the Biden administration had rejected the use of those waivers

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<v Speaker 3>for states like South Carolina, Arizona, and other states. The

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<v Speaker 3>Texas Republican stress that the waivers were not intended to

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<v Speaker 3>allow illegal immigrants to benefit American tax dollars going for

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<v Speaker 3>their healthcare coverage. Now, the Biden administration allowed and even

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<v Speaker 3>encouraged the use of these one one, one five waivers

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<v Speaker 3>to extend Medicaid to undocumented immigrants, something that Democrats are

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<v Speaker 3>now never happened and despite federal law actually prohibiting them

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<v Speaker 3>from receiving these benefits, Hunt wrote in a letter to

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<v Speaker 3>Hochel on Monday. Now. Back in February, President Trump also

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<v Speaker 3>signed an executive order the Director's Administration to ensure and

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<v Speaker 3>a maximum extent possible, that quote no taxpayer funded benefits

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<v Speaker 3>go to unqualified aliens. That order pointed to existing law,

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<v Speaker 3>such as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

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<v Speaker 3>of nineteen ninety six, which generally blocks illegal immigrants from

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<v Speaker 3>getting federal benefits from taxpayers. The Texas Republican also cited

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<v Speaker 3>concerns about New York's green light law, which permits all

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<v Speaker 3>state residents, regardless of immigration status, to get driver's licenses.

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<v Speaker 3>Now the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against that law,

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<v Speaker 3>arguing that a handstring's federal enforcement of immigration law. Hunt

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<v Speaker 3>argued it can help illegal immigrants get access to tax

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<v Speaker 3>payer funded BIS benefits using the driver's license to gain

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<v Speaker 3>that access, and to address these concerns, Hunt now demanded

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<v Speaker 3>that HOCHE will conduct a review of its Medicaid enrollment

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<v Speaker 3>base on Social Security numbers and release those findings to

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<v Speaker 3>the public, saying this New Yorkers deserve transparency, accountability, and

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<v Speaker 3>adherence to law in the administration of public health programs.

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<v Speaker 3>Policies to divert limited resources away from lawful recipients American

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<v Speaker 3>citizens not only violates federal standards, they also destroy public

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<v Speaker 3>trust and threaten the sustainability of programs designed to serve

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<v Speaker 3>our most vulnerable American citizens.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Hunt has also drawn speculation over recent weeks that he

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<v Speaker 3>may vie for Senator John Cornyn's seat in the Senate

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<v Speaker 3>in Texas in the twenty twenty six midterms, and this

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<v Speaker 3>could very well be one of those points that he

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<v Speaker 3>would campaign on. Now, let me say one other thing

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<v Speaker 3>about this. We deserve answers. The American people, as taxpayers,

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<v Speaker 3>deserve to know where their money is going and if

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<v Speaker 3>it is being diverted to six hundred and seventy thousand

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<v Speaker 3>illegal immigrants in the Empire state, Yes, about four and

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<v Speaker 3>a half percent of its population. One other thing that

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<v Speaker 3>I think is also a point that needs to be made.

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<v Speaker 3>You notice that Democrats did not deny in any of

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<v Speaker 3>the statements coming from the governor's office that illegal immigrants

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<v Speaker 3>are receiving benefits, and they word it carefully to say, well,

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<v Speaker 3>some may, but most aren't, and most aren't receiving full benefits. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>that also goes for the same with the Americans's in

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<v Speaker 3>base that are eligible for Medicaid benefits as well. It

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<v Speaker 3>is supposed to help the weakest, the least, the poorest,

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<v Speaker 3>and those that are the most in need. Yet many

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<v Speaker 3>Americans do not qualify for full benefits. So why are

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<v Speaker 3>we giving those benefits to illegal immigrants? That's the question

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<v Speaker 3>every American should be asking.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update

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