White House Budget Director Russell Vought falsely asserted that no Medicaid cuts would be made to anyone in the Republican Budget bill that is headed to the Senate.
After CNN host Dana Bash outlined the many criticisms and worries contained in the House budget bill, including Joni Ernst's callous "we all die anyway" statement, Vought responded by calling criticisms "Astroturf."
Astroturf is a synthetic surface used in baseball and football stadiums. The idiot doesn't even know what he's talking about. It's astroturfing, fuckwit. A common tactic used by Republicans.
BASH: The other reason why we're seeing some pushback is because of the Medicaid cuts that were passed by the House and that are going to go into the Senate.
There was a town hall, which I'm sure you saw, Iowa Senator Joni