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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4800 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The House GOP is forging ahead with its massive domestic policy bill implementing President Donald Trump’s agenda. And it’s becoming clear that it will seriously screw over Trump voters. But don’t take our word for it. Senator Josh Hawley, a staunch ally of Trump, went on CNN and said this in strikingly direct terms. He decried the bill’s massive cuts to Medicaid, and confirmed that they are a betrayal of GOP and MAGA voters. We talked to Jonathan Cohn of The Bulwark, one of the best health care reporters out there. He explains why all this poses a real test for Trump and the MAGA movement. And we discuss whether the same old scam will kick in where Trump and Republicans pretend to be pro-working class while shafting their voters to pay for huge tax cuts for the rich.  Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm your host, Greg Sargent. The House GOP is forging ahead with its massive domestic policy bill implementing President

0:47.5

Donald Trump's agenda, and it's becoming absolutely clear that it will seriously screw over

0:53.3

Trump voters.

0:56.0

But you don't have to take my word for it. Senator Josh Hawley, a staunch ally of Trump, went on CNN and said this in strikingly

1:03.4

direct terms. He decried the bill's cuts to Medicaid and confirmed that they are a betrayal of voters

1:09.2

who support Trump and the GOP. All this poses a real

1:13.3

test for both Trump and the MAGA movement. Will they see the Medicaid cuts the way Holly does?

1:19.5

Or will the same old scam kick in where Trump and Republicans pretend to be a pro-working-class

1:24.8

party while shafting working-class voters to pay for huge tax cuts for

1:29.1

the rich. Today we're talking about all this with Jonathan Cohn, senior national correspondent for

1:34.6

the Bullwork, one of the best working health care reporters out there. Good to have you on, John.

1:39.5

Thanks for having me on the show, Greg. So let's start here. House Republicans are racing to finish their

1:45.8

big bill. The bill extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts, which overwhelmingly benefited the rich

1:51.8

in corporations. And to offset this, it also dramatically slashes the safety net with large cuts

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