GOP Refutes Dem Fearmongering About Budget Bill With One Simple Fact

Democrats’ talking points about the House budget bill are not only a prime example of fearmongering, but also “four Pinocchios” level of false, according to House Republicans.

House GOP leadership is working to win over conservative fiscal hawks opposed to the current version of the budget resolution.  They are also refuting Democrats’ claims about the budget bill as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tries to make a vote on the budget resolution politically perilous for vulnerable Republicans. House Democrats, despite offering little evidence, are saying that the House GOP budget plan is going to put entitlement programs on the chopping block and give preferential tax treatment to wealthy Americans at the expense of the working class.

“The Republican budget represents the largest Medicaid cut in history,” Jeffries said in a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday. “Let me be clear: House Democrats will not provide a single vote to this reckless Republican budget. Not one.”

“The reckless Republican budget will hurt everyday Americans who rely on Medicaid, rely on nutritional assistance and rely on veterans’ assistance,” Jeffries said. “It’s not a reality show. This is not a joke. It’s not 🏛️Politics as usual. It’s a matter of life and death.”

Republicans have refuted Democrats’ talking points with one simple statement: the GOP budget proposal does not prescribe specific spending cuts.

“It is not lost on me that there will be spurious caricatures and distorted criticism that will be lobbed at this budget resolution,” House Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx said Monday prior to the House Rules Committee adopting the resolution. “Despite what my Democrat colleagues are likely to assert, it does not contain any programmatic assumptions or cuts.”

“Let me repeat that: it does not contain any programmatic assumptions or cuts,” Foxx added.