As Part of Its “Hands Off Medicaid” Campaign, Protect Our Care Is Launching Ads Featuring Steve Bannon Cautioning Republicans: “A Lot Of MAGAs [Are] On Medicaid.”
Washington, D.C. – As Republicans are poised to pass their radical budget, Protect Our Care is launching new television and digital ads to highlight widespread opposition to the Republican plan to slash $880 billion from Medicaid. The ads, first reported in The Hill, feature Trump loyalist and MAGA cheerleader Steve Bannon, warning Republicans to be “careful” because there are “a lot of MAGAs on Medicaid.” The ads also feature outraged constituents attending town halls and urging their representatives to protect their health care. The ads target key swing districts and call on Republicans to listen to their constituents and abandon their scheme to gut Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.
The latest ads are part of Protect Our Care’s ongoing 10-million-dollar “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign, coming immediately after a month-long ad campaign featuring a Trump-voting nursing assistant, named John, who wears his MAGA hat while warning about the damage of Medicaid cuts. Additionally, the campaign recently included Spanish-language radio ads highlighting the importance of Medicaid in Latino communities.
“Trump and Congressional Republicans are on a crusade to slash Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy,” said Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse. “These ads expose Republicans for turning their backs on their constituents and prioritizing tax breaks for billionaires and big companies over the health and financial well-being of everyday Americans. Republicans’ budget proposal jeopardizes the health care of millions of children, seniors in nursing homes, people with disabilities, cancer patients, veterans, and the list goes on. Americans across the country, including Democratic and Republican voters alike, are counting on Republicans to do the right thing and protect our health care.”
Poll after poll confirms Trump and Republicans’ scheme to gut Medicaid is completely out of step with the American people. Recent Navigator polling confirms Medicaid is deeply popular amongst majorities of Americans, regardless of party affiliation. Seventy percent of Republicans and 66 percent of independents view Medicaid favorably, and majorities of Americans say they know someone who receives Medicaid benefits. Better yet, 75 percent of Americans oppose cuts to Medicaid, including 53 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of independent voters.
The ads will launch in the following districts: David Schweikert (AZ-01), David Valadao (CA-22), Young Kim (CA-40), Ken Calvert (CA-41), Nick LaLota (NY-01), Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07), Rob Bresnahan (PA-08), and Dan Newhouse (WA-04).
Links to each of the 30-second ads can be found below:
David Schweikert (AZ-01)
David Valadao (CA-22)
Young Kim (CA-40)
Ken Calvert (CA-41)
Nick LaLota (NY-01)
Andrew Garbarino (NY-02)
Mike Lawler (NY-17)
Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07)
Rob Bresnahan (PA-08)
Dan Newhouse (WA-04)
Sample Ad Script for AZ-01:
Fox News Host: “In the bill the Republicans are putting forward, there will be an eight-hundred-eighty billion dollar cut to Medicaid.”
Narrator: Congress wants to cut Medicaid….
Woman at Town Hall: “I’m asking you today, please do not cut the federal Medicaid budget.”
Narrator: ….and people aren’t happy about it.
Man at Town Hall: “You don’t get to take our healthcare – get off me! You don’t get to do this to us!”
Steve Bannon: “Medicaid you’ve got to be careful, cause a lot of MAGA’s on Medicaid. I’m telling you. If you don’t think so, you’re dead wrong.”
Narrator: Call Congressman Schweikert and tell him to stop these cuts to Medicaid.