Rep Jim Jordan spoke gibberish to Fox News Sunday trying to rationalize the $880 billion proposed cuts to Medicaid that Republicans want to implement to pass Trump tax cuts for the rich.
Jordan knows cutting Medicaid has nothing to do with waste, fraud and abuse nor does making people work to qualify for healthcare. He was left throwing out catchwords and wingnut phrases to try to dupe the audience.
BREAM: The New York Times reports on the House version, the budget that Speaker Johnson has negotiated for the next decade calls for around $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid.
That’s an effort to counterbalance a portion of the tax cuts. That scares people when they hear that. Where do we get $880 billion out of Medicaid?
JORDAN: The focus has been clear. The President’s been clear. Waste, fraud, and abuse, we’re going to look at.
BREAM: Is there enough of that to cover $880 million?
JORDAN: We’re going to look to find that.
Jordan is so full of shit. In one breath he says they’re going to look for waste fraud and abuse to cut from Medicaid to defend their position and in the next breath says they’re not looking to make cuts to Medicaid.
Which is it?
Jordan then tries to link people desperately needing Medicaid to Ronald Reagan’s attack on welfare queens.
