Even though the “big beautiful” Trump budget narrowly passed (by one vote) last night in the House of Representatives and is a draconian measure that would result in the greatest transfer of wealth (from the poor and middle class to the richest American oligarchs), Republicans are furious that their Democratic colleagues are using the word “cruel” when discussing it.
However, cruel is the perfect word for the Trump/GOP budget.
If enacted, the budget would cut Medicaid funding by $800 billion, lead to $535 billion in cuts to Medicare, and is projected to cause an estimated 8.6 to 13.7 million Americans to lose their health care.
But according to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, her Democratic colleagues are trying to scare their constituents about the bill, which faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
“I am concerned about what has been said about this bill and what it’s going to do,” Foxx whined. “The extreme comments that have been made about it, and how I believe that it is scaring people out there in the country unnecessarily.”
“The words I’ve heard, particularly today, are ‘cut,’ ‘rip,’ ‘gut,’ ‘kill,’ ‘cruel,’ ‘stealing food,’ ‘losing coverage,’ ‘jammed through,’ ‘biggest transfer of wealth from vulnerable to wealthy people,’ ‘irresponsible.'”
“That is not the way we ought to be talking about this bill.”
In other words, How dare you tell people the truth about how bad this budget bill is!
Sorry, Granny Tobacco Road, but while you may think your party controls everything, the loyal opposition isn’t about to let you gut our First Amendment right to express ourselves.
Congresswoman Foxx got handed a heap of online grief for her complaints.
Republicans hate the truth. No wonder they love Trump so damn much: He’s never told the truth about anything.
