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Hey, it's Jonathan Cohn here at the bulwark. Our government is shut down. And if you've been

paying attention, if you've been watching TV on social media, listening to speeches, reading,

writing, you know the Republicans have a favorite talking point they are taking into this battle.

That talking point is that Democrats want to fund free health care for illegal

aliens. Is that true? No, it's not. I'm here to break it down for you. It's the subject of my

newest newsletter. And it's a subject I'm sure you're going to be hearing about in the coming

days and weeks because it doesn't look like the shutdown is going to end anytime soon. You're

probably going to want to know what to think about it. You might even want to know what to tell your friend who's arguing with you about it. Now, I call this a big lie, and there's a reason I use that word. I don't use the word lie a lot. To me, a lie has to be something that is fundamentally untrue. It's got to be built on facts that you can falsify. And the people telling the lie have to know it or be in a position

where they should. true. It's got to be built on facts that you can falsify. And the people telling the lie have to know it or

be in a position where they should know it. And to walk you through this, I'm going to show you the words of

J.D. Vance, the vice president, because while there are lots of Republican leaders out there telling this lie

from the president on down, there is nobody who tells it with the enthusiasm, the tenacity,

and the sheer shamelessness of our vice president. Before we get to all that, though, let's set the scene.

Just as a reminder, federal government ran out of money on Tuesday night, September 30th.

Republicans control the White House. They control the Congress, but they don't have

enough votes to get a new spending bill through Congress. They need support from Democrats.

Democrats have said, hey, you want our votes. We need a few things. Two of their demands are closely

tied to health care. One demand is that the Republicans undo the cuts to Medicaid, that were in the one big,

beautiful bill that they passed over the summer. And the second demand is that Republicans agree to

extend a temporary Biden-era program that's been lowering the cost of health insurance for more

than 20 millions of Americans who buy their insurance through the

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