Watch As Lawrence Jones Plays Clip To Fact-Check Jeanne Shaheen’s Claim About Healthcare For Illegals

“Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones called out Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on Thursday after she claimed Democrats didn’t support providing illegal immigrants with health care benefits.

The federal government entered a partial shutdown at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday after the Senate failed to pass a seven-week continuing resolution on Tuesday, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster after the House passed the short-term funding bill on Sept. 19. Jones asked Shaheen about Democrats’ demands for $1 trillion in funding for various priorities, including health care spending.

WATCH:

📺 Embedded media — coming soon

“I haven’t heard anybody in my party saying that illegal immigrants should get access to the health insurance marketplace,” Shaheen claimed during her appearance, with Jones responding, “I’m so glad you said that. Actually I have some tape of of your Democratic Party members saying this on the debate stage. So they’ve all said it. And let’s play the clip.”

The clip featured “Today” host Savannah Guthrie asking Democratic contenders for their party’s nomination in the 2020 presidential election a question regarding illegal immigration.

“A lot of you have been talking tonight about these government health care plans that you proposed in one form or another,” Guthrie said during the June 2019 primary debate. “This is a show of hands question and hold them up for a moment so people can see. Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants.”