QOTD -- Government Shutdown Truths

 

“'Republican talking points have consistently featured claims that Democrats are trying to provide health care to undocumented immigrants, but this debate isn’t about that,' Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, told me. 'Democrats are looking to restore health coverage for citizens and lawfully present immigrants. It is those groups that will bear the brunt of cuts to Medicaid and the ACA.'

"To be perfectly clear: Not a single Democrat has talked about wanting to fund care for people in the United States unlawfully. Instead, what Democrats have said is they want to undo Medicaid cuts projected to leave nearly 10 million Americans uninsured—and extend a temporary Biden-era initiative in order to avoid a jump in health insurance premiums expected to affect 20 million more.

"You might agree with that. Or not. You might think tying this to the shutdown makes sense. Or not. But you can say one thing about Democrats’ underlying claims that you definitely can’t say about the Republican counterpart: They are telling the truth." -- Jonathan Cohn, writing in The Bulwark, about the lies coming out of Republican MAGAt mouths about what Democrats are fighting for.  His article goes into some detail about the steamroller tactics of Republicans, their bogus and racist claims, and what's really at stake in the shutdown politics.