First words out of every Dem's mouth when asked about the budget "negotiations"

[senseandsensibility]

should be that trump and johnson are lying about Dems wanting to shut down the government to give healthcare to those they insist on calling illegal aliens The corporate media will not fact check this sufficiently. Anyone who thinks they will have been asleep for the past ten years. And Rs and independent voters need to hear this repeatedly.'

An example of how deranged and dishonest these claims by Rs are appeared today in Tim Burchett's X acct: "How can the Democrats afford to give Healthcare to Criminal Aliens and take $50 billion from Rural healthcare?"

It is not legal to give government funded health insurance to undocumented people. Dems are not asking for that. And, Dems are not the ones cutting rural healthcare This really needs to spelled out hundreds, if not thousands of times, until it sinks in.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. It is a requirement to give health care to undocumented people

If a person shows up at the Emergency Room with an obvious ailment or injury (diagnosed or not), it is against multiple restrictions to refuse health care to that person and it doesn't matter who they are or where they were born or what documents they have or don't have.

[senseandsensibility]

2. True, but of course

that's not what the Rs are claiming.

[AZJonnie]

3. Your verbiage is pretty incorrect, regardless of what they are claiming

Might want to edit it to be more clear is all

[senseandsensibility]

5. Well, I added the word "insurance" to my OP

in the bolded part. Just to be clear, I am not against providing emergency services to undocumented people at all, but that's not what the Rs are claiming. They are claiming that the entire reason the Dems are holding fast is because they want full coverage for "illegal aliens" and are not holding out for the majority of people whose healthcare will be impacted by this administration.

[AZJonnie]

6. Totally ... adding government benefits or insurance, something like that is easy and makes it perfect :)

That's all I meant, was in no way intended as an accusation

[senseandsensibility]

7. Got it!

And I don't know about "perfect". If so, that would be the first time I was accused of that!

[Chasstev365]

4. Agreed!

[senseandsensibility]

8. Thanks

I edited my OP above to show Tim Burchett's insane comments. That is what we're up against.

[lostnfound]

9. First words ought to ALWAYS be Trump and Johnsen are lying. Good messaging. REPEAT. REPEAT. REPEAT. Nt

[senseandsensibility]

10. Yes, repetition is the key

Most people are not constantly plugged in, and they need to hear it every time they happened to be tuning in. Saying it once or twice is just going to get lost in the noise.