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What They Are Saying: Valadao Betrays Central Valley in Deciding Vote to Cut Medicaid – After Promising to Protect It

“It looks like [Valadao] has trouble seeing the red line he drew, or having a grasp of what is or isn’t a cut in Medicaid.” 
In case you missed it, David Valadao cast the deciding vote on House Republicans’ Tax Scam last week– putting hundreds of thousands of his constituents at risk of losing their health care and threatening food access for over 216,000 households in his district – all to give permanent tax breaks to the wealthy.

After lying to his constituents for weeks that he wouldn’t cut Medi-Cal programs, he defended his decision over the weekend, stating: “it’s not an unfair ask.” 

HERE’S WHAT CALIFORNIANS ARE SAYING: 

     

Mother Jones: House GOPers Just Voted for the Biggest Medicaid Cuts in History—After Promising to Protect It

  • Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.)…[said] less than a month ago “I won’t support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations”… But this morning he voted for the bill.
      

KVPR: ‘I feel betrayed.’ Dozens protest after Rep. Valadao votes to cut Medicaid

  • “I feel very betrayed…I come from a very low-income family in a low-income community. Without Medicaid, many of us won’t be able to afford treatment.”
  • “I’m greatly disappointed because [Valadao is] from our area…He knows the population; he knows we’re rural communities; he knows how much we need these services.”
  • “[Valadao] seems to be more committed to his party and the president than his constituents who he’s supposed to represent.” 

     
The Sacramento Bee: Nine California Republicans voted for Trump’s cruel budget bill. Remember them

  • A month ago, [Valadao] led 11 other Republicans in drafting a letter to House leaders explaining they would not vote for a final reconciliation “that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations”… Yet while we slept, Valadao and his group of letter-writers joined 215 representatives in passing President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” 
  • In Valadao’s district…the “Big Beautiful Bill” could threaten the health coverage of 61,437 of his constituents. On top of that, his Bakersfield-based district stands to lose nearly 7,000 jobs..and $820 million in Medi-Cal payments to hospitals.
  • It looks like the seven-term incumbent has trouble seeing the red line he drew, or having a grasp of what is or isn’t a cut in Medicaid.

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