Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky is losing her patience with people trying to give President Donald Trump an “out” to blame others for what some view as bad policies in his “big, beautiful” budget legislation.
Speaking to MSNBC’s Chris Jansing on Monday, Roginsky said, “Why Republicans are killing healthcare for millions doesn’t really matter. What really matters is what they’re doing.”
“They’re cutting health care to about 12 million Americans in the next several years. They’re shutting down rural hospitals. They’re getting rid of the social safety net. They’re ballooning the deficit to the point that it will imperil Medicare, Social Security and so on,” she said. “They’re getting rid of food assistance. They’re getting rid of every single aspect of the safety net and the social net that Donald Trump promised to keep. And don’t forget, he promised that he would not touch Medicaid, and he promised he wouldn’t touch Medicare. And he’s touching both of those.”
Jansing asked if Roginsky thought Trump knows what’s going on, implying he’s being lied to about what’s in the bill.
“Why do we keep treating him like a moron who can’t read?” ranted Roginsky.
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The Homeland Security Department ignited further controversy Wednesday, posting an image on X of Uncle Sam – a historical personification of the US often used in military recruitment campaigns – encouraging people to inform on illegal immigrants.
The iconic figure – dressed in his signature stars and stripes – is pictured nailing up a poster that displays a telephone hotline and reads: “Help your country and yourself… Report all foreign invaders.”
Far-right influencer C.Jay Engel had posted the same image days earlier and celebrated its adoption by the Trump administration.
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Engel has described Jewish people as having “largely operated at odds with the Old American way of life” and posted on social media that “(only) the Christian faith can sustain us through the coming night.”
He has called for a “counter-revolution” to return America to its “Anglo-Protestant” roots by expelling immigrants of non-European origin.
The administration’s endorsement of his poster comes with officials using increasingly incendiary anti-immigration rhetoric to justify mass deportations demanded by Trump.
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Pamela Hemphill, who was 69 years old in 2022 when she was sentenced to two months in jail for her role in the attack, is actively refusing the president’s clemency, claiming that Trump’s mass pardons and commutations are part of his larger effort to push false claims about the crimes committed by his followers that day.
“The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies. Propaganda. We were guilty, period,” Hemphill said in a recent interview with CBS News.
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Pamela Hemphill is refusing a pardon from President Trump for her role in the Jan. 6 riot, claiming the president has been “gaslighting” his followers.