GOP Senator: We're Just Kicking Off People Off Medicaid Who Are 'Waste And Fraud'

[turbinetree]

Imagine calling a person "waste and fraud." Markwayne Mullin just did.


By Karoli Kuns — June 8, 2025

Markwayne Mullin went on CNN this morning to lie some more about the Big Beastly Bill that denies healthcare to people who need it and don't have enough money to pay for it. Clearly he doesn't understand Medicaid, or he'd know that the "waste and fraud" he speaks of would be at the provider level, since no individual actually receives money. They just receive the healthcare they need, something that just absolutely frustrates Republicans who think healthcare is only for white people who speak good English. Or maybe Russians. I'm not sure about that.

The framing he engages in is just enraging, not only because it's a lie but because it dehumanizes people. And just as a reminder, CBO estlimates that nearly 11 million people will lose access to healthcare. 11 MILLION.

"We're not talking about people that deserve and qualify for Medicaid or Medicare," Mullin protested when pressed by Dana Bash. What we're doing is getting rid of the waste and fraud."

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/gop-senator-were-just-kicking-people

Pound sand asshole................

[Bayard]

1. I put that in the same category as,

"We're only deporting criminals."

[BOSSHOG]

2. Sophomore High School Debate

If you assert you must prove. Did he offer any proof of his assertions? None. Dumbass parrot not trained in debate and logical thinking. He was however in the glee club. All his songs are rehearsed. Just like damn near every elected Republican. The go fuck America with lies Revue.

[Wiz Imp]

3. What a moron. If they didn't qualify for medicaid, they wouldn't be receiving it to begin with.

[Blue Full Moon]

4. Providers are the fraud, waste and abuse.

[DBoon]

5. Sounds better in the original German

Lebensunwertes Leben

[Midnight Writer]

6. Remember when Republicans warned us about "death panels" from the government deciding who gets healthcare?

Remember when Republicans had a conniption over the deportation of Elian Gonzalez?

Remember when Republicans lectured us about "State's Rights" and overreach by the Federal Government?

I reckon that was all Old Testament. Now that the new messiah sits on the throne, his disciples will be writing the Gospels of Trump.