Josh Hawley warns GOP Medicaid cuts are ‘morally wrong and politically suicidal’

The Hill ^ | May 12, 2025 | Nathaniel Weixel

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“Mr. Trump has promised working-class tax cuts and protection for working-class social insurance, such as Medicaid,” Hawley wrote. “But now a noisy contingent of corporatist Republicans — call it the party’s Wall Street wing — is urging Congress to ignore all that and get back to the old-time religion: corporate giveaways, preferences for capital and deep cuts to social insurance.”

Hawley has consistently spoken up about his opposition to the House plan to use Medicaid cuts to pay for the party-line megabill. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been charged with finding at least $880 billion in federal spending cuts over the next decade.

Missouri is one of several red states that expanded Medicaid. Despite his longtime opposition to ObamaCare, Hawley has made it clear he will protect access to Medicaid in his state and will not support legislation that would lead to benefit cuts for Missourians.

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Missouri is 40 percent democrat. They are on the warpath and have been flooded with outside cash funding. Its more efficient to maintain medicaid and reduce the financial load by expelling and disenfranchising foreigners, illegals, and other deadweights. Hawley knows missouri and knows how to keep it red.