Rep. Adelita Grijalva Calls Out President Trump and House Republicans over War Costs

Rep. Adelita Grijalva calls out President Trump and House Republicans over war costs

WASHINGTON (KYMA) - Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) called out President Donald Trump and House Republicans Thursday over the war in Iran and the affordability crisis. Rep. Grijalva says the war in Iran is worsening the affordability crisis in the United States as she says $22.8 billion in taxpayer dollars have already been spent on the war. "Think about that...$22.8 billion. That kind of investment could have provided Medicaid to over six mill…

Far Right Republicans Call For Cuts to Health Care, Food Assistance to Fund Trump’s War

So-called “waste, fraud, and abuse” is back on GOP talking points as reports emerge that taxpayers are on the hook – reportedly $200 billion worth – to fund Trump’s war of choice in Iran that is spiking gas prices at home and making everything more expensive. The last time Republicans used this phony line they passed the largest cut to Medicaid and food assistance in American history to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires. CNN reports they …

Trump Asks for Taxpayers to Shell Out an Extra $200B to Fund His Deadly, Cost-Raising War

This is “more than enough” to cover Medicaid for 16 million people kicked off the program by the GOP, an expert said.

House Republicans Want To Cut Food And Healthcare To Pay For Trump's Iran War

If it feels like we’ve been here before, it’s because we have. Republicans offset a fraction of the cost of their tax cuts for rich people and corporations with the biggest cuts in healthcare and food assistance in the nation’s history. After Donald Trump started a billion-dollar or more a day war in the Middle East, the administration is back, red hat in hand, asking Congress to give the Pentagon more of your hard-earned money to pay for the wa…