WASHINGTON ― In a head-spinning move on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would repeal cuts to Medicaid he helped make possible only two weeks ago.
The bill would restore funding that states rely on to finance Medicaid, which Republicans put on the chopping block by passing President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” tax and spending law. The measure passed on a party-line vote after months of debate and hand-wringing about taking health insurance away from vulnerable Americans ― including voters who supported Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
This motherfucker thinks his seat is safe if he just does this performative kayfabe nonsense. Our state voted for a $15 minimum wage and required paid sick leave in 2024, so I guarantee you, now is not the time to be taking a dump on the poor.
That’s because his seat is safe. Motherfuckers keep falling for the same shit.
Didn’t your governor just walk all that back?
He did, for now.
It’s not a done deal, though. We’ve voted down Right-To-Work three times. Missourians are tenacious.
If they keep throwing that shit at a wall eventually it will stick, and they only need that once.