Raw Story: 'Isn't that the point?' CNN host dismantles GOP spin on kicking people off Medicaid

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - 'Isn’t that the point?' CNN host dismantles GOP spin on kicking people off Medicaid

Daniel Hampton
May 21, 2025 6:15AM ET

Two conservatives found themselves under fire from CNN anchor Abby Phillip, who pressed them on the GOP's plans for Medicaid, as President Donald Trump threatens members of his own party who threaten to blow up his "One, Big, Beautiful Bill."

Phillip opened her show late Tuesday, recounting Trump's threat to Republican hardliners: "Get in line, or else," she paraphrased, noting Trump's agenda is "on the brink tonight."

Trump’s budget seeks to make his 2017 tax cuts permanent, but critics say they're a thinly disguised attempt to benefit the wealthy.

"The plan puts more money into the border and the Pentagon, and less money into programs like food stamps," Phillip noted. "And even though Trump told Republicans on the Hill today, 'Don’t F around with Medicaid,' his plan will do just that by enforcing work requirements that would result in millions losing coverage."

Steve Moore, former Trump economic adviser, told Phillip that if lawmakers fail to pass Trump's budget, the average American will see a $3,000 tax increase next year.

"I don’t think anybody wants that," he warned, calling it the "biggest tax increase in history."

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[Red Mountain]

1. Ah, yes.....the glorious Medicaid lifestyle

not a care in the world. Like an endless vacation. Lifestyles of the rich and famous.

No wonder people are lining up to become dependent.

Medicare for all.

[Bluepinky]

2. To protect my own health, I had to turn this off.

These smug, lying Repubs are too much. Scott Jennings, how is access to health care a bad thing? He frames Medicaid like it’s a temporary lifestyle that “traps” people.

This is doublespeak, George Orwell’s dystopia is happening now instead of in 1984.