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Rep. Maxine Waters admits Dems forced government shutdown to get rCyhealth care for everybodyrCO rCo including illegal immigrants
By Josh Christenson
Published Oct. 2, 2025, 11:46 a.m. ET
Government Shuts Down rCo But the Standoff is Just Beginning

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WASHINGTON rCo Longtime Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) acknowledged that
her party forced the government into a shutdown on Wednesday in order to secure rCLhealth care for everybodyrCY rCo including illegal immigrants.

Waters, 87, was questioned outside the US Capitol Tuesday about
DemocratsrCO opposition to a stopgap funding bill in both chambers of
Congress that would have kept the governmentrCOs lights on until Nov. 21.

rCLAre Democrats demanding health care for illegal aliens?rCY asked
LindellTV reporter Alison Steinburg.

rCLDemocrats are demanding health care for everybody,rCY Waters responded, hours before her Senate colleagues blocked the spending measure.

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rCLWe want to save lives,rCY she added. rCLWe want to make sure that health care is available to those who would die not having the help of their government.rCY

Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Building Democrats ARE spending money on healthcare for illegal migrants rCo in California, itrCOs $6.4 billion

rCLSo yourCOre good with a government shutdown, even if it means giving
health care to people who arenrCOt American citizens?rCY Steinburg followed up.

rCLThatrCOs what yourCOre pushing on,rCY Waters shot back. rCLYourCOre standing here
and yourCOre trying to make me say that somehow werCOre going to put non-citizens over Americans.

Here's what we know about the government shutdown
Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement over a stopgap
funding measure by Tuesday nightrCOs deadline, leading to the shutdown.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes fell at the start of WednesdayrCOs trading session following the shutdown.
Student loan payments must still be met during this time, while the
Education Department will halt new grantmaking activity and
investigations over possible civil rights violations.
If the shutdown continues, the Bureau of Labor StatisticsrCO nonfarm
payrolls report, considered far more comprehensive and reliable than the
ADP release, will not be released on Friday.
Funding for the Hudson Tunnel project and Second Avenue subway extension
in New York has been put on hold.
U.S. Capitol Building seen through a fence.
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A Republican majority was able to pass the legislation in the House, but
it failed to clear the SenaterCOs 60-vote filibuster with enough
Democratic support.
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rCLQuit it! Stop it!rCY she fumed. rCLThis is the kind of journalism we donrCOt
need. YourCOre divisive.rCY

Only three Democrats rCo Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada as well as Rep. Jared Golden of Maine rCo
and independent Sen. Angus King, also of Maine, voted for the so-called rCLcleanrCY continuing resolution.

A Republican majority was able to pass the legislation in the House, but
it failed to clear the SenaterCOs 60-vote filibuster.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) both whipped their caucuses against the spending
bill, claiming it didnrCOt do enough to preserve Affordable Care Act
subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025.

Maxine Waters being interviewed by a reporter.
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rCLQuit it! Stop it!rCY Waters fumed at the LindellTV reporter. rCLThis is the kind of journalism we donrCOt need. YourCOre divisive.rCY
LindellTV
The Trump White House and Republicans have also been needling Democrats
for tucking a provision into their competing funding measure that would broaden non-citizensrCO access to taxpayer-funded health care services.

rCLMaxine Waters admitted that she is demanding Healthcare for Illegal
Aliens, and itrCOs going to be Top of the Line, taking American TaxpayersrCO Healthcare away from them!rCY the president posted on his Truth Social Wednesday.


rCLThe Chuck Schumer, [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] wing of the Democratic
Party shut down the government because they said to us rCyWe will open the government but only if you give billions of dollars of funding for
health care for illegal aliens,'rCY Vice President JD Vance also said at a White House briefing Wednesday.

rCLIn terms of health care, the reality is they are just not being
honest,rCY Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) insisted to Fox Business Network.
rCLThe amount of money that actually is going towards people who are undocumented is such a small portion of the Medicaid cuts or the ACA, if
at all.rCY

HererCOs the latest on the government shutdown
Government shuts down after Senate Democrats fail to support stopgap
funding bill
Stocks drop, gold surges as Wall Street on edge at start of government shutdown
All the ways the government shutdown will affect student loans, FAFSA
How a US govrCOt shutdown could impact your travel plans rCo from delays, cancellations and more
Dems mocked after govrCOt shutdown livestream gets only 400 viewers:
rCyParty of 18% approval and sinkingrCO
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference,
with a sign that reads "THE DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN" in front.
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The Trump White House and Republicans have also been needling Democrats
for tucking a provision into their competing funding measure that would broaden non-citizensrCO access taxpayer-funded health care services.
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Jeffries, in a viral interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, also said it
was a rCLlierCY that Democrats want to give away health insurance benefits
to illegal immigrants.

rCLBut what you support does bring back funding for emergency Medicaid to hospitals, some of which does pay for undocumented immigrants,rCY Tapper pushed back.

Representative Maxine Waters speaking at a press conference about cryptocurrency legislation.
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rCLMaxine Waters admitted that she is demanding Healthcare for Illegal
Aliens, and itrCOs going to be Top of the Line, taking American TaxpayersrCO Healthcare away from them!rCY the president posted on his Truth Social Wednesday.
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Between fiscal years 2017 and 2023, rCLfederal and state governments spent
a total of $27 billion on emergency Medicaid services for people who
were ineligible for full Medicaid coverage because of their immigration status,rCY the Congressional Budget Office found.

Provisions in TrumprCOs One Big Beautiful Bill Act will eliminate non-citizensrCO access to the services starting next year.

Some moderates in both parties have been discussing compromise
legislation that could preserve some of the ACA subsidies to avoid a
spike in health care premium costs.

At least five more Democrats must break with their party to move the
clean CR through the Senate. The next vote on that measure is expected
Friday.

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