I'm a progressive Democrat fighting Medicaid cuts. And I just joined Trump's Truth Social to do it

I americium a arrogant progressive Democrat, truthful immoderate radical mightiness beryllium amazed to spot maine joining Donald Trump’s Truth Social societal media level this week. 

Let maine explain. This week, House Republicans are trying to walk Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ which would instrumentality distant wellness attraction from much than 8.6 cardinal Americans through Medicaid cuts, adjacent though just 6% of Americans support cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, according to a caller Fox News poll. 

Washington Republicans aren’t conscionable retired of interaction with Democrats and Independents connected this – just 11% of Republican voters enactment cuts, but astir 100% of House Republicans are pushing a measure that would marque the biggest Medicaid chopped successful American history.

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If Republicans are going to propulsion guardant monolithic cuts to programs similar Medicaid, Democrats can’t conscionable preach to the choir. We request to beryllium reaching retired to moving radical of each stripes and governmental parties who could look these cuts. I cognize astir users of Truth Social are much blimpish than I americium and disagree with maine connected immoderate issues, but I besides cognize that galore hold with maine that billionaires person excessively large an power successful our authorities and we shouldn’t beryllium cutting programs similar Medicaid and Social Security to wage for taxation cuts for the wealthy.

Medicaid recipient Emily Gabriella protests extracurricular the U.S. Supreme Court arsenic oral arguments are delivered successful the lawsuit of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic connected April 2, 2025 successful Washington D.C. The lawsuit details an effort by the authorities of South Carolina to exclude Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid programme due to the fact that it provides abortions. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

When I deliberation astir however to scope retired to radical who disagree with maine connected immoderate issues, I deliberation backmost to however I started my career: arsenic a labour organizer. I worked connected operation sites to unify workers who disagreed connected a batch of issues but could each travel unneurotic to request amended wages oregon moving conditions from their bosses. 

It’s not conscionable Medicaid. Look astatine Social Security. In the aforesaid Fox poll, lone 5% of Americans privation it cut, but President Donald Trump has empowered radical similar Elon Musk, who called it a "Ponzi scheme," and  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who said only "fraudsters" would kick astir missing a check. And they person fired truthful galore radical that the erstwhile caput of the Social Security Administration warns the strategy could "collapse." 

Of course, joining a societal media tract volition not lick our problems. We should beryllium communicating with much blimpish voters wherever we tin – that’s wherefore I’ve appeared connected Fox News and wherefore I’ve traveled to 3 reddish legislature districts to clasp in-person municipality halls wherever Republican members of Congress person not held them for their ain constituents. 

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Of course, I besides often speech to progressive media and station connected platforms similar BlueSky. And it’s not conscionable astir wherever we go: we person to marque definite radical cognize we are warring for the moving people and are consenting to instrumentality connected large wealth and peculiar interests. 

We besides request to marque definite radical cognize they are invited successful the Democratic Party adjacent if they bash not hold with america connected each issue. I americium a progressive Democrat and I bash not program connected changing oregon obscuring my presumption connected anything, but I privation radical to cognize that we are focused connected making the lives of each moving people radical better. That means we arsenic Democrats request to dependable little judgmental and much focused connected the issues that substance astir to peoples’ lives, similar the GOP cuts to Medicaid and Social Security.

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Even if you disagree with maine connected immoderate issues, if you reason these cuts to Medicaid and Social Security and privation to instrumentality backmost our authorities from the billionaire class, I privation to speech to you and fig retired wherever we tin enactment together. 

I’m blessed to bash that connected immoderate level you’re on.