| This week marks one year since Monica De La Cruz voted for the Big, Ugly Bill, a disastrous tax scam that enacted the largest cut to Medicaid and food assistance in American history to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires.
The DCCC made clear that a vote for this Tax Scam would be the defining vote of De La Cruz’s race – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- More than 1.4 million Texans will lose health coverage. Marketplace enrollment has fallen by 4.2 million people nationally, while an estimated 3.8 million Americans have lost Medicaid or CHIP coverage since the law took effect.
- 11 hospitals and clinics have closed or are closing in Texas and some 17 are at risk of closing.
- Millions have lost access to food assistance. Enrollment in Texas has fallen by more than 11%, with nearly 400,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. Texans have been forced to pay more than 34% more for their monthly premiums in 2026 or abandon their plans altogether.
- The Big, Ugly Bill remains deeply unpopular. Recent Navigator polling shows the law underwater by 11 points in battleground districts and 18 points nationally, underscoring the political liability De La Cruz continues to face.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
“Monica De La Cruz betrayed her constituents when voting for the Big, Ugly Bill. As a result of her shameful actions, hospitals are closing, children are losing food, and health care is being stripped away. GOP extremists like De La Cruz are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.”
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