President Donald Trump’s former Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney clashed with progressive internet personality Brian Tyler Cohen Tuesday after being pressed on the president’s claims and Republican policies.
Cohen and the former White House official appeared on Tuesday night’s episode of NewsNation’s “Cuomo” to discuss the government shutdown after Republicans and Democrats missed the deadline to agree on a spending budget.
Republicans voted against a Democratic spending bill that would have extended subsidies for Americans who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
“You can ask somebody, who are you going to blame for a shutdown? And they can say the Democrats [or] Republicans. Right now they’re saying Republicans, because Republicans are in charge, but then nobody asks a follow-up question, which is, will it change the way you vote next November? And it never does,” Mulvaney said on Tuesday.
The debate grew more tense when Cohen pressed Mulvaney on the recent GOP megabill, which favors tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of Medicaid and is predicted to further drive up the national debt.
