GOP Rep: “Democrats Are Lying” About Medicaid Cuts

The Huffington Post reports:

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) says Republicans aren’t actually cutting anyone’s federal health or food benefits in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax bill — a plan that slashes $1 trillion from Medicaid and food assistance programs.

“I want to be super clear: When these Democrats have been lying to you, saying we’re cutting Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP benefits, that we’re going to cut all of these other programs — they’re lying,” Van Orden said Thursday on a Wisconsin-based podcast, “The Meg Ellefson Show” on WSAU.

It’s not clear what the GOP congressman is talking about. Trump’s hugely consequential tax and spending bill, which House Republicans passed Thursday and sent to the Senate, represents the largest upward transfer of wealth in U.S. history. It cuts $1 trillion from federal health and food programs to help pay for $4 trillion in new tax cuts to rich people.

Read the full article. Van Orden, who attended the Capitol riot, has publicly threatened a constituent for asking about DOGE. In February, he filed to impeach a federal judge who ruled against DOGE. Around 150,000 of Van Orden’s constituents depend on Medicaid.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Democrats are “lying” about the sweeping GOP plan to cut $1 trillion from federal health and food programs.

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— HuffPost (@huffpost.com) May 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM

Derrick Van Orden is actively working to hurt working Wisconsinites. He wants to make MAJOR cuts to vital programs like SNAP and Medicaid — and give tax breaks to billionaires.

Children, single parents, farmers – he is working to hurt them all. https://t.co/GagUa8YUAY pic.twitter.com/E4bQIJprrG

— Wisconsin Democrats (@WisDems) May 21, 2025