Republicans REVOLT Against Bill Cutting Medicaid!
The Jimmy Dore Show
Jimmy Dore
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🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Republican divisions over changes to Medicaid — the federal health care program for poor, elderly and disabled Americans — are becoming the chief hurdle to getting President Trump's major tax, immigration and energy agenda through Congress.
GOP lawmakers who represent swing districts insist they will not vote for any proposal that strips benefits. But conservatives are demanding deep cuts in spending and say restructuring Medicaid is one of the clearest ways to achieve that goal.
Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss whether Republicans will be able to pass the bill despite the hits MAGA supporters on Medicait will take as a result.
Plus segments on President Donald Trump dismantling corrupt ex-FBI head James Comey and the Justice Department’s recent announcement of an investigation into fraud committed by UnitedHealth, the company formerly headed by slain CEO Brian Thompson.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from Gavin Newsom!
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| 0:17.1 | Hey, this is Jimmy, who's this? |
| 0:20.8 | Jimmy, how are you? |
| 0:23.1 | This is the governor of the great state of California, Gavin Newsom, calling you from the Statehouse here in Sacramento. |
| 0:29.9 | Oh, hey, governor. I don't believe we've spoken before. |
| 0:35.5 | I don't believe we have either. And you know what? |
| 0:37.9 | I'm going to take the blame for that. |
| 0:40.2 | I have admittedly been remiss in not calling you in the past. |
| 0:44.7 | But Jimmy, what we're trying to do now at the governor's office is established dialogues. |
| 0:50.8 | You know what, Governor? |
| 0:51.9 | I bet you could do a mean J.D. Pricksiger. But anyway, new, uh-huh, I got you. |
| 0:59.6 | New dialogues, unprecedented dialogue. Oh, dialogues? |
| 1:02.9 | With what I like to call CCVs or Crucial California Voices. |
| 1:08.4 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:08.9 | And Jimmy, in the past few years, you've firmly established yourself as one of California's most crucial voices. Oh, okay. And Jimmy, in the past few years, you've firmly established yourself as one of California's |
| 1:13.9 | most crucial voices. |
| 1:15.3 | Definitely. |
| 1:15.9 | So I am thrilled for this opportunity for us to finally have a chat. |
| 1:20.1 | Well, what do you want to chat about, Jack? |
| 1:23.3 | Because I'm of the mind that that's what leadership is really about, reaching out and listening. |
| 1:29.4 | In time to listen to the people and their concerns, what's going on at the street level. |
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