“The Chuck Schumer-AOC wing of the Democratic party shut down the government because they said to us, we will open the government only if you give billions of dollars of funding to healthcare for illegal aliens. That’s a ridiculous proposition.”
It is also a false claim. US law bars undocumented immigrants from receiving the health care benefits Democrats are demanding, and the party has not called for a new act of Congress to change that.
	
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					
				
			
			
				
					
						
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			It is also a false claim. US law bars undocumented immigrants from receiving the health care benefits Democrats are demanding, and the party has not called for a new act of Congress to change that.
 
					
				Vance uses false claims to pin shutdown blame on Democrats as White House warns of layoffs
Vice-president falsely says Democrats calling for billions for ‘healthcare for illegal aliens’ as funding deadlock continues
				 
	 
 
		 
	 
					
				 
						
					 
					
				 
 
		