Scott Jennings humiliated Democrat strategist Paul Begala during a discussion on cutting Medicaid for illegals by reminding him of his own party’s approach.
Begala attempted to slam Republicans, but it quickly backfired.
Begala: It’s going to be a wipeout for your party, Scott, if you guys cut Medicaid for the people who voted for you.
Jennings: We’re not cutting Medicaid for the people who voted for us. We’re cutting Medicaid for the people who vote for Democrats, the illegal aliens. That’s who we’re cutting Medicaid for. Look, we’re cutting…..the only thing we’re cutting here is taxes.
Begala: (unhinged laughter)
CNN reporter: Just to be clear, if you are undocumented in America, you cannot vote.
Jennings: Why are you fighting so hard to protect welfare benefits for illegal aliens?
Begala: For people who don’t vote for me? Because I actually love my country more than my party.
Jennings: Why would a Democrat fight so hard to keep illegal aliens on welfare?
Watch:
CNN’s @ScottJenningsKY to Paul Begala: “We’re not cutting Medicaid for the people who voted for us. We’re cutting Medicaid for the people who vote for Democrats, the illegal aliens. That’s who we’re cutting Medicaid for. Look, we’re cutting — the only thing we’re cutting here is… pic.twitter.com/BgPPYJgjjN
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 1, 2025
Begala seemed to forget his own party’s approach to Medicaid reform, but Jennings was there to remind him.
Begala: Also, there’s something in the Republican DNA. Okay, if you’re a Republican, Congress, you lie awake at night, unable to sleep, worried that somewhere, someone who’s a working person is getting health care. This will be the biggest cut in Medicaid in American history. Medicaid is very popular. By the way, Republicans carried people on Medicaid. They won their votes. This is what gets me. Smart politicians reward people who vote for them. Great politicians reach out to people who didn’t vote for them and bring them in. But stupid politicians punish their voters. This bill is a political suicide note for the Republican Party. Last time they tried this, the Democrats won 41 House seats after Trump’s first midterm. They’ll exceed that this time. 489 days. They’ll do better than 41 seats. This is absolute death knell for the House Republicans. Maybe Senate, too.
Jennings: I should have started my remarks by thanking you because it was President Bill Clinton in the ’90s that thought of work requirements for Medicaid, which is all….
Begala: But two-thirds of people in Medicaid already work.
Jennings: Which is all we’re doing here.
Begala: They already do it. They already do it. We did it. As you said, we did it in the ’90s.
Jennings: If you want to get up and go to work, you’re going to get your Medicaid. If you’re an illegal alien, you’re not going to get your Medicaid.
It’s generational welfare reform built on your all’s ideas. So I thank you. I sincerely thank you.
Watch:
CNN Democrat Paul Begala claims there “something in Republican DNA” that makes them “lie awake at night, unable to sleep, worried that somewhere someone who’s a working person is getting health care.”
Scott Jennings schools Begala by reminding him that Bill Clinton thought up… pic.twitter.com/yBMAwCXvJS— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 1, 2025
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