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"They say they want to cut waste, fraud and abuse. We’ve always done that. We have oversight. We know what we’re doing," she said. "Firing half the people at the Department of Education, that’s not waste, fraud and abuse, that’s brutal."
She also slammed the continuing resolution budget bill passed by House Republicans this week.
"What they did in that bill that passed the House last night was disgraceful, it was harmful, it was deadly for some people," she said.
Pelosi said Democratic leadership is planning a national messaging push to "save our Medicaid."
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Protesters against the Trump administration outside the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2025.
Tlaib told Fox News Digital that Medicaid "is the most American thing you can ever support."
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"People don’t plan to get sick, we got to protect Medicaid," she said.
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by the time of publication.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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