Protesters in Mount Kisco worry GOP-led budget cuts will impact Medicaid
Hundreds of people from across the Hudson Valley joined forces at a rally in Mount Kisco on Saturday to tell Rep. Mike Lawler to "keep his hands off of Medicaid.
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Hundreds of people from across the Hudson Valley joined forces at a rally in Mount Kisco on Saturday to tell Rep. Mike Lawler to "keep his hands off of Medicaid."
The rally took place at Kirby Plaza. Several protesters told News 12 that they feel that Medicaid is under attack.
"Start thinking humanely," one woman said.
"I think we need to fight to keep it," one protester said.
"People with disabilities [or] children – they’re very vulnerable," another woman said.
House Republicans sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage Tuesday, a step toward delivering President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts despite a wall of opposition from Democrats and discomfort among Republicans.
A spokesman from Lawler's team issued a statement to News 12 saying the congressman "will always protect the most vulnerable among us and preserve the Medicaid/SNAP safety net people need to live and provide for their families with dignity."
The spokesman also said in his statement, "If you’re an illegal immigrant or someone scamming the system at taxpayer expense, the jig is up."
