Posted on 02/28/2025 8:23:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Have you noticed that the Democratic playbook hasn't changed in decades? For years, their attacks on Republicans haven’t changed. It’s always the same lines. “Republicans are for tax cuts for the rich!” “Republicans want to destroy Social Security!” “Republicans want to take away healthcare!” and so on.
After these narratives have never actually proven true in generations, you would think the Democrats would try something new. But the broken record keeps spinning.
After Speaker Mike Johnson secured a narrow victory (217-213) to pass the budget resolution this week, Democrats immediately launched their predictable fear campaign, accusing Republicans of gutting Medicaid. Does the budget resolution gut Medicaid? No. But that’s not stopping them from saying it over and over and over.
Recently, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was asked to provide evidence that the resolution guts Medicaid, and guess what? He couldn’t do it.
But when Daily Caller reporter Andi Napier asked Jeffries to provide actual evidence of these supposed Medicaid cuts, his response was empty as President Biden's schedule.
“So Republicans have been very adamant that Medicaid will not be gutted by this budget resolution,” Napier began before asking, “What is the proof that Medicaid will be gutted by it? If there is any?”
Jeffries spent over a minute dancing around the question without providing a shred of concrete evidence. His big smoking gun? “Republicans are lying to the American people about Medicaid.”
Wow, what compelling proof!
“The Republican budget authorizes up to $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid by directing the Energy and Commerce Committee to find those spending cuts,” he continued.
“Everybody knows who has had any connection to the congressional budget that if you are directing the Energy and Commerce Committee to find up to $880 billion, if not more, in spending cuts, that means Medicaid.”
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Of course, what this really tells us is that Jeffries has zero proof; he just wants people to believe that’s what budget does and to take him at his word.
Yeah, not gonna happen.
But I’d LIKE to see medicaid cuts..a whole lot..
I’m sure the same services could be provided for a lot less..well I’m not sure..I don’t work within medicaid but I’m guessing if it’s govt pre Trump, there’s lots of waste.
The ‘Rats knew Biden wasn’t fit when they “ran” him in 2020 by hiding him from the public.
Any claim they might make to the public — about anything — should be met with that reminder.
Those covering up the dementia ridden Biden should apologize for gaslighting the American people.
BTTT
Isn’t lying to congress a crime?
The guy is a s*&t for brains poseur
Not if the lie is told on the floor. Not agreeing with that, but that’s the current law.
When a Dem-Drone like Hakeem is cornered with a question, he will revert to the usual canned responses, sounding like a POW, willing to recite is Name, Rank and Serial Number, and nothing else.
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money
Time to nail the liars to the wall. Every time the GOP hears such a fabrication, the should be one voice shouting "Show us your evidence for such a lie!" Do this enough times and there might be enough egg on Democrat faces to make them think twice about spewing another lie.
my mother had mobility issues at 90 and was recommended for an electric wheelchair from Medicare. the chair provided in the catalog was 3400.00. upon delivery from the intermediate provider the total bill given was 24,000. i thought that was a fluke until I lost my leg and was provided a similar wheelchair valued at 3200.00 with the final bill in at 23,000.
The more I’ve seen of this HaKeem Skyhook clown the more I believe that basketball is probably his highest skill level.
Skyhook is in over his head. He needs to stick with the more sophomoric stuff like setting off fire alarms.
That budget is almost all Medicare and Medicaid but there other stuff. Baby milk plant type stuff.
The Stupid Party never calls liars, “liars.”
Dems know the Leftist media (which they own) will carry their water for them, publishing their attacks but never that they have no proof.
The reason why the scaremongering works is there is always at least one GOP politician talking about cutting the entitlement programs:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4301109/posts
Comes up Empty Headed
Medicaid has two big problems.
1. Financial fraud by the health care industry.
2. Many recipients are not eligible, they game the system.
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