by Adam Pack
House speaker Mike Johnson blown up democratic legislators and their allies in older media on Thursday for intentionally misleading Americans about illegal immigrants receiving healthcare financed by taxpayers.
Johnson and the best leaders of GOP accused democratic legislators of pursuit restore Almost $ 200 billion in the field of healthcare for illegal migrants and other people who are not citizens in exchange for opening the government. In recent days, the speaker set off to the media and told The Daily Caller News Foundation that they are partly relying on the overthrow of leftist talk points, which older media sought, trying to preserve the protection of Democrats during the struggle for closing.
“As shown over and over again, the mainstream media simply repeat the democratic points of false conversations,” said Johnson for DCNF. “We must be there, telling the truth – because the entire main media apparatus includes democrats and share their lies.”
“ABC, CNN, CBS, MSNBC – they don’t even pretend to be objective,” continued Johnson. “It’s just a completely one -sided parade.”
Johnson talked to DCNF on the second full closure day, which began after the Democrats Senate rejected A immaculate, double -sided bill on financing the government until November 21. The speaker has repeatedly repeated that he and the leader of the majority of Senate John Thune see no reason to negotiate with the democrats until they vote to open the government again.
CNN in particular cut off from the House GOP Leadership press conference on Thursday after Johnson began to discuss how the Democrat financing plan would ensure health benefits to illegal migrants.
The CNN anchor seemed to check Johnson’s statement, despite her colleague, Jake Tapper, recognition Wednesday, that Democrats are trying to eliminate the provision that falls apart in some states that provide illegal migrants in emergency.
Democrats’ proposal would also be restore billions of financing foreign aid and public transmission, eliminate Fund $ 50 million for rural healthcare providers and will introduce a enduring enlargement Subsidy of Obamacare from the time of Biden.
Johnson also ripped George Stephanopoulos from ABC indictment He falsely claimed that the Democrats’ proposal provided health care for illegal migrants in an interview on Wednesday.
“They [Democrats] She stayed on the cover, because, as you saw, most of the mainstream media provides them, giving them interviews with Softball and asking them a question to read the page, “said Johnson.
Johnson pointed to six regulations under the number of counter -proposal of Democrats 1.5 trillion dollars that would withdraw the reforms of Medicaid Republicans introduced in July and would provide healthcare services financed by taxpayers for non -people, including illegal migrants.
Almost every democrat’s house voted against a pure seven -week extension of financing to avoid closing the government on September 19. One democrat who broke the ranks accused The best democrats in the country closing the government for Curry Favor with extremely left -wing groups of activists.
Democrats are trying to remove the GOP language that reduces Medicaid payments to countries that have expanded Medicaid and offer emergency insurance to illegal migrants.
“There are many emergency healthcare in hospitals [is] delivered to illegal aliens ”, vice president of JD Vance he said “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. “This was financed by the federal government. We have excluded this financing, because we want American citizens to exploit these hospital services and not tax, and then hospital services go to illegal aliens.”
The Democrats financing plan also removes up-to-date restrictions adopted by Republicans in July, which protects most people who are not citizens from receiving Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare.
The proposal of democratic legislators would also restore a maneuver called “California gap”, which allows for democratic states to exploit Medicaid expenses to ensure the benefits of illegal migrants.
The amount that the Democrats propose to spend on healthcare services for non -citizens is more or less equal to $ 195 billion needed to finance the health insurance program for children for the next decade, According to to a note by the White House.
Johnson also sharply criticized his democratic colleagues for intentionally misleading voters or unconscious language as part of their own proposal to financing the government.
“There are democrats who deliberately lie and hope that people will buy it,” said Johnson for DCNF. “They hope that they will receive sufficient air protection from the mainstream of media allies to try to convince the American people that there is really no paper on paper.”
“And then there are others who just don’t know the facts,” continued Johnson. “They did not read, and maybe they read and do not understand the very simple language in the recipes they developed.”
Not all democrats were mute about the dispute about financing healthcare. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren sharply refused Republican claims during the Thursday interview about “CBS Mornings”, calling the accusation “completely a lie”.
“There is nothing in Medicaid, there is nothing in Medicare that allows one undocumented immigrant to obtain one dollar of help. No, zero,” said Warren of the host Tony Kotoupil when he was asked about the counter -proposal of Democrats.
When he pressed her to restore the benefits of Medicaid for some non-citizens who were eliminated in the “large, beautiful account” of Republicans, Warren he argued The fact that democrats simply want to provide emergency hospitals in every patient’s cases and continue to receive a reimbursement.
The exchange emphasized the piercing division between two parties on healthcare provisions, and the Republicans pointed to a specific legislative language, and the Democrats insisted that their position would be wrong.
And vice versa, some democratic legislators defended the restoration of healthcare services for non -citizens and illegal migrants.
“Do democrats demand health care for illegal aliens?” reporter he asked Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters, who voted on Tuesday that he closed the government.
“Democrats are demanding health care for everyone,” Waters replied. “We want to save lives.”
Johnson predicted that American citizens losing Access to some healthcare services due to closing may force democrats to create and re -open the government.
Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, He was chosen As 56. House speaker in October 2023 after Kevin McCarthy was removed from this position. For the first time he was elected to the Chamber of US representatives in December 2016. Defeating seven other candidates In the basic and drainage system in Louisiana. Currently serves its fifth term representing the 4th Congress District in Louisiana.
Johnson appeared as unlikely candidate for unity After three weeks of republicans from home by other candidates, becoming one of the most pricey members who ever maintained speaking. In January 2025, Johnson was narrowly selected The speaker at the first vote after the initial opposition from the tough Republicans, securing his position only after President Trump intervened directly with voices.
Meanwhile, progressive bottom -up organizations are mobilized to put pressure on democrats to maintain their position. Independent, Moveon Civic Action and the Family Power work announced on Thursday that they coordinate the emphasis on 500,000 calls to Congress for republican opposition to continuous solution to solving.
“We put it all on the line, because Americans simply can’t afford to see how their contributions will rise or lose their access to healthcare,” said Moveon Civic Action Britt Jacovich spokesman in a statement sent to E -Mail Tennessee star. “Trump and Republicans created this mess and refused to put the prosperity of health and economic families working on the interest of billionaires.”
Groups claim that they exploit telephone banks, appeal tools, texts and emails to activate their membership, calling on legislators to preserve the subsidy of the Act on inexpensive care and restoration of financing Medicaid eliminated by Republicans. The coordinated effort aims to ensure the political protection of Democrats who voted for closing the government, and not to accept pure GOP financing.
“It’s real pain for real people,” said Johnson DCNF. “The question is: how much will the appetite will, how long, threaten the health and safety of real American citizens?”
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Adam Pack is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation. Christina Botteri, editor -in -chief Tennessee star AND Star News NetworkHe contributed to this article.
Photo “speaker Mike Johnson” by Speaker Mike Johnson.
