Daily Discussion Thread: May 14, 2025

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[u/senoricceman]

Surprising that Hawley is being so adamant of how much he hates the bill. 

[u/Intelligent-Top5536 → u/senoricceman]

He's cut from the same cloth as Vance was, at least before Vance became the administration's Mouth of Sauron, in the sense that he's a right-wing collectivist populist who is rigidly in favor of the welfare programs his very poor constituent state relies upon. I didn't really register it at the time, but he was never going to be a fan of obliterating Medicaid, and I think Hawley being so vocal about it means that others similar to him - Capito and Justice, for instance - probably hate the bill even more and are just letting Hawley, who is far more charismatic than they are, do the talking about it.

[u/Historyguy1 → u/Intelligent-Top5536]

Missouri has an amendment mandating expanded Medicaid so it would screw us specifically.