In the glorious, lefty-infuriating weeks since President Trump signed into law the Big, Beautiful Bill, all we’ve heard from Democrats and the media (OK, same thing) is how Evil Trump and all us Bible-thumping troglodytes with the audacity to pray about things are going to kill millions in rural America through Medicaid cuts. OH NOO!
Progressive activists have been astroturfing Republican town halls, goading lawmakers over the issue. And MSNBC’s Morning Joe is doing their bidding, attacking Rep. Mike Lawler — one of the most endangered House Republicans in the country — live on air.
The ironies are legion. First, most of those supposedly “losing” health care will probably be illegal immigrants who never should have been on the taxpayer’s tab in the first place. Second, the idea of benefits in exchange for work — the basic premise behind the law’s reforms — was a mainstream Democratic position as recently as the Clinton and Bush years. Third, the vast majority of Medicaid recipients already work, care for children, volunteer, or are disabled — and they’re exempt from the cuts.
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