“The poor, the disabled, women, children, the elderly — these are the demons you must slay to be a Republican senator.”
Dylan Matthews has an excellent rundown of the major victims of TrumpCare. So many lucky duckies! In fairness, the suffering of the richest households suffering under the yoke of a 3% tax on their investment income will be alleviated.
This is also a crucial point:
I'm reasonably sure Trump wouldn't have reached 270 if he openly campaigned on taking Medicaid from 14+ million people.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 23, 2017
It’s not as if Republicans convinced the public that this shit-and-Drano sandwich is a good law. They got into a position to pass it by relentlessly, shamelessly lying about what they wanted to do, while the media was wanking on about email server management.