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Search results for "Trump, 79, fell asleep during a White House event on health care affordability on April 23"

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X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a video:
Video shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 17, 2024
Social Media stated on August 22, 2023 in social media posts:
A video showed President Joe Biden falling asleep during an event with the Maui, Hawaii, wildfire survivors and families.
By Loreben Tuquero• August 22, 2023
Viral image stated on July 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:
President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2023
Viral image stated on August 06, 2024 in a Threads post:
Photo shows former President Donald Trump “asleep at the 2017 NATO summit.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2024
Donald Trump stated on June 26, 2017 in in a tweet:
"When Obamacare was signed into law, CBO estimated that 23 million people would be covered in Obamacare’s exchanges in 2017. They were off by more than 100 percent. Only 10.3 million people are covered by Obamacare."
By Manuela Tobias• June 27, 2017
Joe Biden stated on May 19, 2024 in a speech:
Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act.
By Samantha Putterman• June 3, 2024
Joe Biden stated on March 26, 2024 in a speech:
Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”
By Paul Specht• March 28, 2024
Mick Mulvaney stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":
"Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."
By Jon Greenberg• April 1, 2019
Viral image stated on May 07, 2024 in a Threads post:
Stormy Daniels said former President Donald Trump yelled, “I’m yuge! I’m the greatest,” before falling asleep.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2024
Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israel’s prime minister.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2021
Katherine Clark stated on September 12, 2025 in a post on X:
“Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
By Louis Jacobson• September 17, 2025
Tammy Baldwin stated on July 23, 2024 in Public appearance:
Eric Hovde “wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and kick millions off their health insurance.”
By Hope Karnopp• August 7, 2024
Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2017 in a Cabinet meeting:
Rare is the president "who's passed more legislation, who's done more things than what we've done, between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated."
By Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2017
John Boehner stated on March 14, 2011 in video:
Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight."  
By Sabrina Eaton• March 31, 2011
Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in his online video endorsement of Joe Biden for president:
Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."
By Shefali Luthra• April 16, 2020
Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa:
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
By Becky Bowers• December 11, 2011
Donald Trump stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House:
“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2025
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 05, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”
By Madeline Heim• May 17, 2024
Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2020 in a tweet.:
"I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your healthcare."
By Shefali Luthra• January 15, 2020
Chris Jones stated on August 20, 2019 in TV ad.:
Says he "led the fight to expand Medicaid."
By Warren Fiske• September 10, 2019

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