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Sadik Hossain

Republicans hate facts so much – now peddling lies about Democrats and free healthcare for immigrants

As the federal government faced a potential shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, President Donald Trump and top Republican leaders started accusing Democrats of something that is not true.

They claimed that Democrats were demanding free healthcare for “illegal aliens” as a condition for supporting the federal funding bill. Trump wrote on Truth Social that “The Democrats want Illegal Aliens, many of them VIOLENT CRIMINALS, to receive FREE Healthcare.” Vice President JD Vance said the same thing on social media.

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