U.S. Sens. Rueben Gallego and Mark Kelly sounded the alarm about Republican plans to slash Medicaid health care funding, telling attendees at a town hall in Scottsdale that working-class Arizonans will be devastated if voters don’t get engaged and apply pressure now. Kelly said that the “real st...

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U.S. Senators Gallego and Kelly warned Arizona constituents about Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding.

At a Scottsdale town hall, they urged voters to pressure GOP lawmakers, emphasizing that 600,000 Arizonans could lose healthcare if proposed cuts pass.

House Republicans recently passed a budget resolution directing $880 billion in cuts from programs including Medicaid.

The senators advocated for grassroots activism to “grind them down,” despite audience concerns about Democratic strategies being too passive against Republican tactics.

  • futatorius@lemm.ee
    10·
    5 hours ago

    “Our strategy is to play possum for two years and hope that Trump fucks up and the electoral process isn’t irretrievably corrupted by then.”

    Don’t rely on the Democrats. Organize and get out in the streets.