The Medicaid Cuts Could Be A MAGA Extinction Event

The Medicaid cuts that Republicans passed and Trump signed into law will hammer the voters who most supported Donald Trump.

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Republicans are going to come back to their constituents for a long break, and what they are going to be facing is a continuation of the cross-party outrage over Medicaid cuts.

According to Kaiser Family Foundation polling, even a majority of Trump voters view Medicaid as important to their communities:

About half (53%) of adults, including a similar share of those living in rural areas, say they or a family member has received help from Medicaid at some point. This includes about four in ten Republicans (44%) and those who voted for President Trump in 2024 (45%).

Regardless of whether they have a connection to the program, nearly all (97%) adults say Medicaid is at least somewhat important for people in their local community, including three-quarters who say it is “very important.” Large majorities across partisans, those who voted for President Trump in 2024, and ad…