[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  The Vigilant Fox 🦊 [@VigilantFox](/creator/twitter/VigilantFox) on x 1.9M followers Created: 2025-07-06 15:05:46 UTC NEW: CNN’s Dana Bash gets thoroughly schooled on Medicaid work requirements, tries to end the conversation but gets cornered by Scott Bessent. This is satisfying to watch. BASH: “You’ve seen and heard a lot of the concern, including and especially from Republicans, who are the most vocal in Congress, about the fact that those work requirements are going to be very cumbersome to actually prove and it will inevitably force the people who need that Medicaid coverage off the rolls.” BESSENT: “Well, first of all, the Republicans are not the most vocal on this. It is a group of Democrats who, unfortunately, seem to think that poor people are stupid. I don’t think poor people are stupid. I think they have agency, and I think to have them register twice a year for these benefits—that is not a burden. But these people who want to infantilize the poor and those who need these Medicaid benefits are alarmists.” BASH: “But I do want to move on because—” “NO, NO, NO,” Bessent interrupted firmly. “We’ve also wanted to put in work requirements, which somehow was very popular under Bill Clinton, was POPULAR under President Obama… But work requirements even poll well with the median Democratic voter, maybe not the fringe.”  XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [bessent](/topic/bessent) [Post Link](https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1941876232699691173)
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Created: 2025-07-06 15:05:46 UTC
NEW: CNN’s Dana Bash gets thoroughly schooled on Medicaid work requirements, tries to end the conversation but gets cornered by Scott Bessent.
This is satisfying to watch.
BASH: “You’ve seen and heard a lot of the concern, including and especially from Republicans, who are the most vocal in Congress, about the fact that those work requirements are going to be very cumbersome to actually prove and it will inevitably force the people who need that Medicaid coverage off the rolls.”
BESSENT: “Well, first of all, the Republicans are not the most vocal on this. It is a group of Democrats who, unfortunately, seem to think that poor people are stupid. I don’t think poor people are stupid. I think they have agency, and I think to have them register twice a year for these benefits—that is not a burden. But these people who want to infantilize the poor and those who need these Medicaid benefits are alarmists.”
BASH: “But I do want to move on because—”
“NO, NO, NO,” Bessent interrupted firmly.
“We’ve also wanted to put in work requirements, which somehow was very popular under Bill Clinton, was POPULAR under President Obama… But work requirements even poll well with the median Democratic voter, maybe not the fringe.”
XXXXXXX engagements
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