EXCLUSIVE: Janet Mills Under Fire For Having Backed Free Health Care For Illegal Migrants

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat running to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins during the midterm elections, is under fire for supporting taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, rolled out a new ad on Tuesday morning slamming the Maine Democrat for expanding health care for illegal migrants during her tenure as governor. The 30-second video, first shared with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation, comes as Republicans have argued that Democrats have shut down the government in part to provide free health care to illegal immigrants.

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“In a world where Janet Mills were a U.S. Senator today, she’d join her Democrat allies and vote to shut down the government,” the ad’s narrator says. “All to fund health care for illegal immigrants.”

Under Mills’ leadership, Maine expanded Medicaid coverage, locally known as MaineCare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to individuals under 21 and pregnant women regardless of immigration status in 2022.

The NRSC is also accusing Mills of supporting Senate Democrats’ hardball tactics to shut down the government until Republicans agree to provide health care to illegal migrants.

“In Maine, Janet Mills is already using taxpayer dollars to give illegal immigrants free healthcare so it is no surprise that she supports Chuck Schumer shutting down the government to give them free healthcare nationwide,” NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell said in a statement. “If elected to the Senate, you can count on Janet Mills to put healthcare for illegal immigrants over paychecks for Mainers.”