Nicole Jorwic
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But we need to be louder because now they have these warring two different bills. There's a Senate version that doesn't have the cuts and a House version that does. But now they have to actually write it. So President Trump and other people said, oh, no, or Speaker Johnson are saying, no, no, we're not going to touch Medicaid. But the Congressional Budget Office, which is a nonpartisan
But we need to be louder because now they have these warring two different bills. There's a Senate version that doesn't have the cuts and a House version that does. But now they have to actually write it. So President Trump and other people said, oh, no, or Speaker Johnson are saying, no, no, we're not going to touch Medicaid. But the Congressional Budget Office, which is a nonpartisan
But we need to be louder because now they have these warring two different bills. There's a Senate version that doesn't have the cuts and a House version that does. But now they have to actually write it. So President Trump and other people said, oh, no, or Speaker Johnson are saying, no, no, we're not going to touch Medicaid. But the Congressional Budget Office, which is a nonpartisan
completely objective office of the government said that there is no way to get to that $880 billion number without cutting Medicaid by at least 500 billion. So now they actually have to write it down. So they can't hide from it before the next vote. So we have a lot of chances to make them really scared in the finding out phase of this fight.
completely objective office of the government said that there is no way to get to that $880 billion number without cutting Medicaid by at least 500 billion. So now they actually have to write it down. So they can't hide from it before the next vote. So we have a lot of chances to make them really scared in the finding out phase of this fight.
completely objective office of the government said that there is no way to get to that $880 billion number without cutting Medicaid by at least 500 billion. So now they actually have to write it down. So they can't hide from it before the next vote. So we have a lot of chances to make them really scared in the finding out phase of this fight.
Luckily, there's a lot. I mean, obviously, there's a lot of outside advocacy groups, including the National Political Advocacy Department of ACLU, Caring Across Generations, Little Lobbyists, the Arc of the United States, a lot of. the AAPD, a lot of disability rights groups, but there's also a lot of legislators.
Luckily, there's a lot. I mean, obviously, there's a lot of outside advocacy groups, including the National Political Advocacy Department of ACLU, Caring Across Generations, Little Lobbyists, the Arc of the United States, a lot of. the AAPD, a lot of disability rights groups, but there's also a lot of legislators.
Luckily, there's a lot. I mean, obviously, there's a lot of outside advocacy groups, including the National Political Advocacy Department of ACLU, Caring Across Generations, Little Lobbyists, the Arc of the United States, a lot of. the AAPD, a lot of disability rights groups, but there's also a lot of legislators.
And I will say I was very pleasantly surprised the day of that vote to have every member, a Democratic member of the Senate sent a letter saying no Medicaid cuts. You had Leader Jeffries in the House standing with every member saying no Medicaid cuts.
And I will say I was very pleasantly surprised the day of that vote to have every member, a Democratic member of the Senate sent a letter saying no Medicaid cuts. You had Leader Jeffries in the House standing with every member saying no Medicaid cuts.
And I will say I was very pleasantly surprised the day of that vote to have every member, a Democratic member of the Senate sent a letter saying no Medicaid cuts. You had Leader Jeffries in the House standing with every member saying no Medicaid cuts.
You had even in the joint address that President Trump did to Congress last week, you had some of the protests, and I'm using air quotes, protest signs that said, save Medicaid. And then you also had Representative Greene, who was the only member who stood up. And one of the reasons he stood up and waved his cane as a proud disabled man was in protection of Medicaid.
You had even in the joint address that President Trump did to Congress last week, you had some of the protests, and I'm using air quotes, protest signs that said, save Medicaid. And then you also had Representative Greene, who was the only member who stood up. And one of the reasons he stood up and waved his cane as a proud disabled man was in protection of Medicaid.
You had even in the joint address that President Trump did to Congress last week, you had some of the protests, and I'm using air quotes, protest signs that said, save Medicaid. And then you also had Representative Greene, who was the only member who stood up. And one of the reasons he stood up and waved his cane as a proud disabled man was in protection of Medicaid.
I just got excited about the green card. No, no, but that's the reality. And that's the same energy that came the last time that President Trump was in office in 2017. They proposed cuts that, frankly, almost were exactly the same size. It was around $900 billion that time. So they haven't learned their lesson.
I just got excited about the green card. No, no, but that's the reality. And that's the same energy that came the last time that President Trump was in office in 2017. They proposed cuts that, frankly, almost were exactly the same size. It was around $900 billion that time. So they haven't learned their lesson.