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Well folks, it’s Day 8 of the Trump shutdown and Republicans are still refusing to come into work. They’ve taken a long vacation in the middle of a government shutdown and are outright refusing to work with Democrats on keeping healthcare costs down, protecting Medicaid, and releasing the Epstein files. In fact, Speaker Mike Johnson said today that he will not swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, who is the last vote necessary on the Epstein Files discharge petition.
On this episode of The Siren Podcast, Jo is joined by Joe Gallina from Call to Activism, Brooklyn Dad Defiant, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Leader Jeffries earlier today got into a sparring match with Republican Rep. Mike Lawler on Lawler’s tax breaks for billionaires. As Leader Jeffries told us (in his unfiltered breakdown of the incident), “I think he thought he was confronting Beltway Hakeem. Well, he saw Brooklyn Hakeem.”
The panel discusses the urgent fight from Democrats to protect Medicaid for Americans and keep healthcare costs down. The conversation also ventured into why so many hospitals are closing in Republican led districts across the country, the Republican lie that Democrats are fighting for illegal immigrants to get healthcare, and just how far Democrats are willing to go in this shutdown fight.
All this and more, right here on The Siren Network.
