Congressional Democrats protest with signs as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse charged that "if Republicans in Congress move forward with Medicaid cuts, they are turning their backs on their constituents."
"Republican lawmakers need to look their constituents, and even their own voters like John, in the eye to defend this indefensible plan. Americans across the country and across the political spectrum are depending on Republicans to do the right thing and abandon these cuts to Medicaid," Woodhouse added.
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The left-leaning Protect Our Care was created to protect the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, and this year is targeting GOP lawmakers over the possibility of Medicaid cuts. Woodhouse, the group's president, is a longtime well-known Democratic Party strategist and operative who has previously steered other prominent pro-Democrat groups and who has done multiple tours of duty at the Democratic National Committee.
The group's latest blitz is part of what Protect Our Care says is a $10 million "Hands Off Medicaid" campaign.
As congressional Republicans aim to reduce the nation's massive budget deficit and enact Trump's domestic agenda, some conservative members have mulled changes to Medicaid, the nearly 60-year-old federal government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited incomes.
However, Republicans have repeatedly denied that they are aiming for major cuts to Medicaid.
Additionally, a senior House GOP aide, speaking with Fox News Digital, accused House Democrats of "intentionally misleading the American people."
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (IMAGN)
While the president is heavily lobbying House Republicans to stay united and support the government spending plan, he has also repeatedly - on the campaign trail last year and since taking over the White House - said that he does not want Congress to touch Medicaid.
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On Tuesday, the White House communications office released an email headlined "President Trump Will Always Protect Social Security, Medicare."
However, Trump has also repeatedly left the door open to cutting "waste, fraud and abuse," a line that has been repeated by Republican lawmakers.
Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report
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