1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

On April 1, President Trump told an Easter luncheon audience that “it’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things” because “we’re fighting wars.” The White House posted the video, then deleted it. Why is telling 69 million Medicare recipients and 76 million Medicaid enrollees, including 36 million children, that their healthcare isn’t a priority acceptable? It is a total reversal of the GOP’s campaign promises. Preserving these programs is both morally and fiscally responsible. Medicare is not a handout. American workers pay into it every paycheck for decades. They earned it. Medicaid covers more than half the children in this country, funds 51% of all nursing home care, and keeps millions of seniors, disabled Americans, and pregnant women alive. And, overall, social safety net spending adds $1.07 to the economy for every $1.07 spent. These are your constituents. Trump campaigned on protecting Medicare and making child care affordable. Fifteen months later he’s calling these programs impossible and labeling the programs themselves as scams while requesting hundreds of billions for ballrooms and bombs. We are asking you to publicly oppose any cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or federal child care funding. Vote against any budget that shifts these programs to states without guaranteed federal funding. Demand hearings on the administration’s Medicaid payment freezes. And tell your constituents where you stand, on the record, before the midterms. Sixty-nine million Medicare enrollees and 36 million children on Medicaid did not vote for bombs and ballrooms. They need you to fight for them! Add subject line