Far-left Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) again had a meltdown on cable news, this time freaking out after her party got called out for its crazy spending priorities leading to a government shutdown, leading to her interrupting CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil to yell at him and call his point a “flat-out lie!”
As background, Republicans have argued that the Democrat spending package is unacceptable, as amongst the many other ridiculous spending priorities within it, it funds various programs that end up funding healthcare programs for illegal aliens and other non-citizens, such as state-level programs.
The incident occurred on the morning of Thursday, October 2, during the broadcast of CBS News’s “CBS Mornings,” during which Sen. Warren raged against CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he repeated the claim about healthcare for illegal immigrants, declaring that he had repeated a “talking point” that isn’t “directly true.”
It began when Dokoupil said, commenting on the matter of illegal aliens and government-funded healthcare, much to Sen. Warren’s chagrin, “So, Senator, you know, Republicans say what you’re really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for, as they put it, illegal aliens. I know that’s not strictly true, but there is a provision –”
Warren, chiming in by rudely interrupting him, snapped, “Oh, excuse me, not strictly true?” Dokoupil, prevaricating somewhat, said, “It’s not directly true, but –” Warren, at this point shouting at him as he tried to finish his question, screeched, “It is a flat-out lie! It is a flat-out lie!”
Continuing, as he tried to get through a question about how the matter is being framed, Warren falsely insisted that no public aid money would go to illegal aliens, shouting, “There is nothing in Medicaid, nothing in Medicare, that permits one undocumented immigrant to get one dollar of assistance! None!”
Dokoupil then made her be quiet so he could finish the question, and he asked, “In the Democratic counteroffer, offer the proposal for funding, there is a restoration of Medicaid benefits for certain noncitizens that had been taken away in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ as Republicans put it.” Warren falsely insisted, “No!”
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Dokoupil added, asking why Democrats would expose themselves to GOP talking points with their spending package, “Republicans don’t think those people should be getting health care on the taxpayer dime. I’m not asking on the merits. Politically, putting that in there exposes you to this talking point, this “lie” as you put it. Why put it in there? Why is it worth it?”
Warren insisted, “No. What’s happened is that what we’re saying is that whenever hospitals give care, what is going to be the level of reimbursement? And the Republicans said it’s going to be a low level. The Democrats said we just want go back to the level it was before because you’re going to bankrupt hospitals. You’re going to put rural hospitals out of business. The Republicans and the Democrats’ plan, nothing changes the number of undocumented immigrants who still get care if they show up bleeding and unconscious at an emergency room. There is absolutely zero difference.”
She continued with her rambling rant, “The difference is whether or not hospitals who, under laws that date back to Ronald Reagan, may provide emergency care to anyone who’s unconscious, will actually get reimbursed at a very low level that will put the hospital ultimately out of business, potentially, or at a higher level. The Republicans – there is no change, no change in the number of undocumented migrants who get any help under what the Democrats want.”
Watch her here:
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