Donald Trump’s 2020 budget is a monstrosity, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not having it. “The cruel and shortsighted cuts in President Trump’s budget request are a roadmap to a sicker, weaker America,” Pelosi said in a statement. “House Democrats will reject this toxic, destructive budget request which would hollow out our national strength and fail to meet the needs of the American people.”
“After adding $2 trillion to the deficit with the GOP tax scam for the rich, President Trump wants to ransack as much as $2 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid,” Pelosi continued. “While demanding billions more for his wasteful, ineffective wall, President Trump will steal from students and hungry families, from rural communities and American farmers, from clean air and clean water, and from vital, job-creating investments nationwide.
”The budget is a statement of values, and once again President Trump has shown how little he values the health and well-being of families across America.” These are not Democratic values, Pelosi emphasized. And they’re not getting through the House, because elections have consequences.