GOP Senator Proclaims People Are 'Just Lazy' If They Push Back Against Medicaid Work Requirement

Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin said people who object against the "big, beautiful bill's" new work requirements are "just lazy" during a CNN interview Monday. (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin claimed during a CNN interview Monday that people pushing back at the proposed Medicaid work requirements in the Trump administration's "big, beautiful bill" are "just lazy."

"What the work requirement does is requires an able-bodied individual with no dependents and no sickness to work, volunteer or go to school 20 hours a week," Mullin explained in a clip shared on X by journalist Aaron Rupar.