Schumer slams GOP health care policies: 'No f‑‑‑ing way'

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Source: The Hill

10/08/25 12:16 PM ET


Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made clear Democrats are not backing down from their health care demands, as the U.S. government enters its second week of a shutdown.

In a heavily produced video posted to social platform X, the Democratic leader blamed his opponents for the shutdown and outlined the reasons his party is insisting on a deal to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies — which are set to expire at the end of the year, resulting in rising insurance premiums — before they support the GOP proposal to reopen the government.

“So now we’re a government shutdown. And you may be asking yourself, ‘How the hell did we get here?’ Schumer said in the opening of the video, which was posted Tuesday evening.

“Donald Trump and the Republican Party are hellbent on taking health care away from 16 million people — closing community clinics, rural hospitals, nursing homes — all so they can keep giving tax breaks to their billionaire friends. It’s a disgrace,” he continued. “So Democrats have three words for this: No f‑‑‑ing way,” Schumer said. “It’s literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5545120-schumer-slams-gop-health-care-policies/

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The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:
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