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Proud father of 4. Child advocate. President of First Focus on Children & First Focus Campaign for Children. Basketball fanatic. Speaking of Kids on Substack. #InvestInKids #VoteKids
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Voters overwhelmingly believe we are spending TOO LITTLE rather than too much on kids. Voters do NOT support public policy making children uninsured, uneducated, unfed, and unhoused.
Simple question for voters: “Is it good for the children?”
Policymakers should help, not harm, kids. (9)
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The American people view Medicaid quite favorably and do not want to see it slashed. (8)
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Yet again, Vought language talking about returning Medicaid to its “focus”.
Not mentioned: CHILDREN. (7)
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Vought disproportionately targeted children for cuts in the 1st Trump term, but he doubled down more recently at the Center for Renewing America. The cuts he proposed to kids are astonishing. 👇 (6)
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Russ Vought, who is Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said he loves cutting HHS and the Dept. Of Education, which just so happen to include the vast bulk of investments in children. (5)
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Or maybe it isn’t the problem of being an afterthought, but it is a conscious and willful choice to target 🎯 children for cuts. (4)
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Children don’t vote, so often are an afterthought among policymakers.
Kids make up nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees,and yet, the House Republicans forget they were a core component of Medicaid.
#Receipts (3)
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In 2017, an independent evaluation of the Senate bill’s language found:
❌ Cut of 1.9% to senior citizens
❌ Cut of 15% to people with disabilities
❌ Cut of 31% to children
The children’s community opposed those cuts. (2)
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The leaders of this Administration claim to want to support babies, but babies and children need policies that promote their needs and well-being — not threaten them with cuts and harm. (9)