Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) mentioned Sunday that President Trump’s megabill might be a “political albatross” for Republicans again at residence.
In an interview on CBS Information’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan famous that the GOP tax and spending invoice, which simply cleared a key hurdle within the Senate on Saturday evening, consists of some insurance policies that Democrats have championed.
“You possibly can put as a lot lipstick on this pig as you need. This might be a political albatross for the Republicans,” Warner mentioned, suggesting the person coverage add-ons don’t justify supporting the invoice general.
“It takes 16 million People off of well being care protection, with cuts to Medicaid and cuts to the ObamaCare market. That can transfer us, as a nation, again to the identical share of uninsured we had earlier than ObamaCare,” Warner mentioned when requested to increase on his pondering.
Warner additionally mentioned the Medicaid cuts will have an effect on everybody — not simply these on Medicaid.
“And, it isn’t like these persons are not going to get sick. They are going to present up on the emergency room” with out protection, he mentioned. “The one method these prices get handed on is larger medical insurance to all of us who’ve conventional protection.”
He additionally criticized the invoice for slicing funds to meals help and including trillions to the debt.
“Are we actually in such a spot that we’re slicing, in my state, a pair hundred thousand folks off of college lunches, college breakfasts? They even reduce meals banks. It is merciless,” he mentioned. “This was to ensure that the very best, most rich People can get an additional tax break.”
Warner mentioned he thinks his Republican colleagues “know they’re strolling the plank on this, and we’ll see if those that’ve expressed quiet consternation will even have the braveness of their convictions.”
He additionally famous that the invoice has not made it by to the president’s desk, including, “It’s not over till it’s over.”
“I’ll grant that President Trump has been capable of maintain his celebration in line in an unprecedented method. On the different finish, this invoice will come again and chunk them. That is going to take action a lot harm by way of, not solely well being care, meals help, you already know, the entire notion that we’re transferring in direction of cleaner power jobs, all on the chopping block, including $4 trillion to the debt,” Warner mentioned.
“Inform me, on the finish of the day, how that’s good for America? I do not suppose you may make the case,” he added.