Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) appeared on CNN Thursday to push back on President Donald Trump’s recent second-term accomplishments, dismissing his legislative progress and casting doubt on the strength of a new jobs report that exceeded economists’ expectations.
Speaking with CNN host Sara Sidner during a segment of CNN News Central, Wasserman Schultz was asked how Democrats plan to counter President Trump’s recent string of policy wins, including progress on immigration enforcement, improved economic indicators, and momentum behind his flagship domestic legislation known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“Here are some things that have happened: Gas prices down. Economic indicators are decent. Brand new job report shows that’s much better than expected and border crossings are down,” Sidner said. “And now, Trump’s mega spending bill looks like it’s going to be passed by Republicans. How do you Democrats fight back with the wins that Trump can tout?”
“Well, it depends on how you define wins, Sara,” Wasserman Schultz responded.
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She then criticized the pending legislation and framed the proposed policy changes as harmful to low-income Americans.
“I mean, the way I can summarize this big, ugly bill best is Republicans caved, Trump lied and people will die,” Wasserman Schultz said.
“This bill does kick 17 million people off of their health care. That’s people who are on Medicaid who are extremely vulnerable, like veterans and the elderly, the disabled, and children.”
She continued by warning about reductions to federal nutrition assistance programs. “We’re talking about the largest cuts to nutrition assistance, meaning people are going to go hungry. Four million people lose their nutrition assistance. Thirty-one thousand in my district alone. You have 70,000 who will lose Medicaid. This is a bill that is going to cause tremendous pain.”
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Wasserman Schultz claimed that the legislation, which is being advanced by Republican lawmakers and backed by President Trump, would favor wealthy Americans and increase the national debt.
“This bill is all in service to taking care of the wealthiest, most fortunate Americans,” she added.
“It explodes the deficit and it raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion to give tax breaks to the wealthy.”
In a pivot to the latest employment numbers, Wasserman Schultz dismissed the significance of the June jobs report, calling it misleading.
“The overwhelming majority of those jobs are actually government jobs and education jobs that look to be more like substitute teachers,” she said.
“There are really not many jobs in that job support that they can point to that are in the private market. So it’s a hollow jobs report.”
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. economy added 147,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in June, surpassing the forecast of 106,000 jobs from economists.
Additionally, BLS revised job numbers for April and May upward by a combined 16,000 — including 11,000 more jobs in April and 5,000 in May.
The legislation includes key provisions on immigration enforcement, entitlement reforms, and federal budget restructuring.
President Trump has signaled support for the bill as a central piece of his second-term policy agenda.
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Why are neo communists (AKA democrats) so darn ugly?
Debbie blabbermouth schultz. I miss Rush Limbaugh.
Debbie Wuzzaman Schnitz. We got Chris Plante now.
Is anyone else sick and tired of democraps LYING and telling us that if we cut off welfare and freebies and mass deport illegal aliens, that we’re all going to die. Its the illegal voters that they are concerned about.. NOT you and I !~!!!!!!!
When every democrat voted against Trumps BBB they staked out their 2026 issues. Increased taxes on everyone that makes more than the federal minimum wage. Supporting government waste, fraud, abuse, corruption and grift. Child genital mutilation and chemical castration. Allowing boys in a skirt to rape girls in bathrooms and locker rooms. Keeping every illegal alien that is a murder, rapist, thief, violent gang member, nazi terrorist, and child sex slaver from being deported. Keeping millions of illegals on Medicaid and the able-bodied Americans sitting on the couch all day.
She melted down? Where’s the puddle? I need to pee….
How does Blabbermouth Schultz keep getting elected?