Welcome to the show, everybody.

We are now starting to settle into what the next four years might look like legislatively

and from a policy perspective.

And one of the things that we're quickly learning is that if you thought the last Republican

win came at a cost, the consequences of this one, Trump winning the presidency, Republicans

winning in the Senate, Republicans winning in the House, albeit by the tiniest of margins,

the consequences of this one are going to hit harder and faster and with no apology

or hesitation whatsoever.

Let me tell you what's on my mind as far as this goes.

Millions of Americans who voted for this outcome are about to feel the sting of what they just endorsed. And I'm going to break this

down for you in four or five primary areas. Healthcare number one. Republicans have made it clear

over the last few days. They are sharpening their knives for Medicaid, Medicare, any program that doesn't directly

funnel cash to their donors.

And Trump has now said in that recent interview we looked at that he would love to get rid

of Obamacare as well.

Since it is red states that disproportionately don't have their own health care exchanges,

unlike states like California, New York and Massachusetts, if Trump gets his way, it'll be

disproportionately Republicans in red states who suffer the consequences.

Forget about the campaign promises of protecting benefits.

That was bait. They're already eyeing cuts, which will leave millions scrambling to pay medical bills or potentially going without care

altogether. And of course, that includes rural voters who leaned right into this red thinking

that their Medicare is going to be untouchable.

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