House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) chided House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for resorting to “fear-mongering” when discussing Medicaid in the GOP budget reconciliation budget plan.
On the latest episode of “Fox News Sunday,” anchor Shannon Bream played a clip of Jeffries warning about what Republicans intend to do with Medicaid as the House and Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the program, has been tasked with cutting $850 billion.
“They want to end Medicaid as we know it,” Jeffries said. “They’re going to hurt children, hurt families, hurt seniors, hurt people with disabilities, close hospitals, shut down nursing homes, and people will die.”
Arrington dismissed the top House Democrat’s dire assessment.
“The question is, will we be susceptible to the fear-mongering and the false rhetoric that you just heard from the Democrat…
