Pete Aguilar: The Economy Dems Helped Build ‘Is In Free Fall’ Because Of Trump’s ’Costly Missteps’

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During Wednesday's House Democrats' press briefing, Rep. Pete Anguilar (D-CA) discussed the state of the economy and how Trump's policies have affected it.

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00:00Welcome everyone. Pleasure to be joined by my colleagues and we'll be joined by

00:05the DCCC Chair Susan Del Bene here shortly. Just so thrilled to be here

00:10with Vice Chair Ted Lieu and putting this conference together and of course

00:15Leader Jeffries, Whip Clark and Assistant Leader Neguse. We could not do this

00:20without the support of the Democratic leadership team and we feel all that

00:24support throughout our time here. In the first seven weeks of the Trump

00:31administration we have seen nothing but chaos, confusion and corruption coming

00:37out of the White House. House Republicans have either stayed silent

00:41as their constituents get hurt or are voting to rip away health care for

00:46millions of Americans to pay for tax giveaways for billionaires. House

00:51Democrats have been united in standing up for Medicaid to keep health care more

00:56affordable. House Democrats have been united in honoring our veterans who

01:02have fallen victim to Elon Musk's reckless cuts at the VA health care

01:06system. We've been united in protecting Social Security even as the President of

01:11the United States used his joint address to lay out the groundwork for cutting

01:17these benefits by lying to our country about the claims of hundred-year-old

01:23beneficiaries. And all of us remain united in our overarching message to

01:29make Leader Jeffries, Speaker Jeffries no later than next year. We're going to talk

01:35about all of this over the course of the next few days and we're going to put the

01:39needs of the American people front and center in everything that we do. The

01:44economy that House Democrats helped build is in a freefall. In 2026 we need a

01:50Democratic House to protect the American people from the costly missteps of the

01:55Trump administration. With that...

Pete Aguilar: The Economy Dems Helped Build ‘Is In Free Fall’ Because Of Trump’s ’Costly Missteps’

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