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Trump’s First Heckle: Health Care For Undocumented People Is ‘End Of That Race!’

Democratic presidential hopefuls (L-R) Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg, Former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US Senator for California Kamala Harris and US Sena... Democratic presidential hopefuls (L-R) Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg, Former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US Senator for California Kamala Harris and US Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand participate to the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. - The candidates raised their hands in approval when asked if their health care for all plan would cover undocumented immigrants. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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June 27, 2019 9:53 p.m.
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The number of uninsured Americans has spiked by millions under the Trump administration, yet when President Donald Trump weighed in for the first time during the Democratic primary debate Thursday, it was to address health care coverage.

After every Democrat on stage said they would provide health care to undocumented people in their respective plans, Trump objected in a tweet.

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