Summary
Medicaid cuts under consideration by Republicans “will cause the American people to nearly revolt,” said Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear at Semafor’s World Economy Summit.
He warned “rural healthcare will cease to exist” and predicted children, older adults, and even those with private insurance will suffer.
The House GOP is weighing $880 billion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years. A new analysis from the Center for American Progress estimated “more than 34,000 people could die each year” if enacted.
Beshear emphasized, “Medicaid covers the people we love the most… our parents and our kids.”
How did Kentucky elect a progressive governor, and the narcissistic chaos goblin as president?
His Republican opponent was black, of which roughly 95% of all districts still voted for him.
That was for his second term.
His first opponent was former governor Matt Bevin, who is a whole other piece of MAGA trash.
It’s almost as though all the talk from centrists about how progressives can’t win in red states was complete self-serving bullshit.
His record doesn’t exactly stand out as extremely liberal or progressive, it’s just that anyone sane these days seems super left wing vs. the current batshit crazy. He is for Abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and supports public schools in the state, but manages to do it in a way that doesn’t trigger the snowflake conservatives in the state.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear
The bottom of that Wikipedia page links to some New York Times op-eds where he divulges his secret to winning as a Democrat in a red state: hyper-focus on issues that affect his constituents directly.
New York Times op-eds where he divulges his secret to winning as a Democrat in a red state: hyper-focus on issues that affect his constituents directly.
I have been saying that shit for years and for god’s sake drop the fucking gun issues. Tell them what you can do for them. I am from WNC and it is the same people as in Kentucky. Tell what you are going to do for us and how you will make our lives better.
“Medicaid covers the people we love the most… our parents and our kids.” Not in Trump’s MAGA world.
You’re not wrong.
Texas’ lieutenant governor suggests grandparents are willing to die for US economy
“No one reached out to me and said, ‘as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?’” Patrick said. “And if that’s the exchange, I’m all in.”
I remember that sentiment from just so many of these fucking assholes. At least this guy is way up in years; many of these jerks were very young people - teens and twenties and thirties and being total fucking Karens because they were being inconvenienced by things like - checks notes - masks and, later, vaccinations, and why can’t fat and old people just go die somewhere, this isn’t about us, we want to just live our lives as if nothing is happening…
Others were more worried about “line needs to go up” because they were being gigantic babies about donvict’s chances of re-election being put in jeopardy from people “overreacting” to Covid and having negative impacts on “his” stock market. And by “overreacting” they meant reasonable precautions.
But that’s what they voted for, so they should not complain.
Just be happy that the money your suffering and death saves will fund more tax reductions for the rich.
Welp. This is what most of them voted for.
Kentucky will learn nothing from this and will break hard for trump’s third term. This isn’t sarcasm.
