Weekly News From The Wisconsin Democratic Party – August 29
Dear fellow Wisconsin Democrats,
Yesterday, Vice President JD Vance visited La Crosse to tout the GOP’s Big Ugly Bill, and to put it frankly, this pisses me off. This is a community I hold dear. I attended college there, began my political career there, and met my wife, as well as many lifelong friends — the city and its people have shaped who I am today.
When I found out JD Vance was coming here for another political photo-op to promote the GOP’s bill that is going to crush working families, I was disgusted.
This bill is a disaster for Wisconsin. It rips health care away for nearly 300,000 Wisconsinites. Three rural hospitals in the state are at risk of closing, including one in the district he is visiting. This bill will cost our state over $280 million, hurting Wisconsin taxpayers who are already being stretched thin by rising prices caused by the tariff tax.
Students, low-income families, and the elderly are at risk of losing their SNAP benefits that help them put food on their table. This bill forces families in La Cross to sacrifice their food security in order to give a tax break to the SINGLE billionaire that lives in their district.
While Wisconsinites are paying the price for this bill, our vulnerable communities are also being ignored by the Trump administration. At his rally yesterday, JD Vance admitted that he did not even know if Trump was aware of Gov. Tony Evers’ request for federal assistance following the historic flooding that took place in Milwaukee — despite Gov. Evers formally asking for a FEMA assessment on August 13th and just this past Wednesday, requested a presidential disaster declaration.
JD Vance didn’t come to La Crosse to hear from working-class Wisconsinites. He came for a PR stunt to promote the GOP’s devastating bill that works for the ultra-wealthy.
In contrast, I went to La Crosse this week as well, not for a desperate photo op but for State Senator Brad Pfaff’s annual corn roast — which I organized when it was held by former Rep. Ron Kind.
I spoke to the real working-class Wisconsinites this bill is hurting. The people who are worried they will lose their health care, their jobs, or their ability to feed their families as a result of the Big Ugly Bill.
These are the voices that matter. Not the mega-rich billionaires this bill is for, but the true, hard working Wisconsinites that make this state what it is.
Wisconsin deserves better than JD Vance and the GOP’s political theatre. And I promise that as Chair, I will continue to fight every day to make sure our party continues to deliver for Wisconsin’s working class.
With gratitude,
Devin Remiker
LETTER SPOTLIGHT
| Wisconsinites & Health Care Centers Would Be Hit By Trump-Backed Medicaid Cuts |
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A new report from Wisconsin Public Radio on Wednesday highlighted the dangers Wisconsin health care centers face if Donald Trump and Republicans succeed in cutting Medicaid funding. According to the report, Wisconsinites would lose their health care coverage and face higher costs and longer wait times under Trump’s plan. But according to the Wisconsin House GOP, that doesn’t matter. Every Wisconsin House Republican, including Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil, voted in favor of the budget blueprint that would cut as much as $880 billion in funding from Medicaid and strip at least 52,000 Wisconsinites of their health care coverage. By voting for extreme Medicaid cuts, Wisconsin Republicans in Congress are putting tens of thousands of vulnerable Wisconsinites, including children, nursing home residents, and people with disabilities, at risk. |
