Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, hit back at a Republican colleague after telling a town hall audience member that "we all are going to die" in response to concerns over Medicaid cuts.
"I think everybody in that audience knows that they're going to die," Murphy told CNN's Dana Bash. "They would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90, instead of dying at 40."
The comment come after Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, addressed – which Republicans have proposed as part of President sweeping tax bill – during a town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, on May 30. As she was speaking, someone shouted from the audience, "people will die!"
Ernst then told the auditorium, "People are not – well, we all are going to die. For heaven’s sakes, folks."
"I think everybody in that audience knows that they're going to die," Murphy told CNN's Dana Bash. "They would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90, instead of dying at 40."
The comment come after Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, addressed – which Republicans have proposed as part of President sweeping tax bill – during a town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, on May 30. As she was speaking, someone shouted from the audience, "people will die!"
Ernst then told the auditorium, "People are not – well, we all are going to die. For heaven’s sakes, folks."