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- cross-posted to:
- leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
Summary
A new poll found that 71% of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts, while 82% of all voters reject them. Additionally, 60% of Trump voters said cutting food and nutrition programs is unacceptable.
Medicaid has become a key issue as House Republicans push for up to $2 trillion in budget cuts to advance Trump’s legislative agenda.
Their resolution directs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find at least $880 billion in cuts.
This raises concerns that Medicaid, which covers 70 million people—mostly low-income and children—could be targeted despite GOP leaders downplaying benefit reductions.
There’s a significant number of people who voted for both Trump and AOC.
One of the things a lot of leftists are really struggling to grasp is that a very sizeable proportion of Trump voters view Dick Cheney as the enemy. Not because he endorsed Kamala, but because he’s part of “The establishment.”
These people (and I’m talking about a segment of recent Trump voters here, not all them; there are plenty that are just bigots and fascists) don’t really vote in a way that actually aligns with their political views. They vote against business as usual, and that means they vote for whoever promises to burn it all down. If a firebrand leftist can inspire them, they’ll vote for that firebrand leftist.
That’s a person who can be reached. That’s a person who just needs help developing greater political literacy. The bigots and the fascists can get fucked, don’t waste your time with them.