The Biden-era Democrats used to claim they were the “party of the people.” But a bombshell memo released by President Trump’s administration makes clear just how far they’ve strayed: Democrats would rather shut down the federal government than give up their demand to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars into healthcare for illegal aliens.
Yes, you read that right. While American families struggle to pay skyrocketing premiums, Democrats’ opening demand in shutdown negotiations was a $1.5 trillion spending package that set aside nearly $200 billion over the next decade to cover healthcare for illegal immigrants and other non-citizens. That’s enough money to fully fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program — a lifeline for millions of low-income American kids. Instead, Democrats chose illegal aliens first, and American citizens last.
President Trump, never one to mince words, had already sounded the alarm on Truth Social. He refused to sign any deal that forced Americans to bankroll benefits for those who broke our laws to get here. And Vice President JD Vance drove the point home outside the White House: “Massive amounts of money, hundreds of billions of dollars, to illegal aliens for their health care while Americans are struggling to pay their health care bills. That was their initial foray into this negotiation.”
Of course, Democrats and their media allies rushed to claim this was “misinformation.” But the White House released the text of the Democrats’ proposal to prove the opposite: it’s all there in black and white. “It’s not something we made up,” Vance explained. “It is in the text of the bill that they initially gave to us to reopen the government.”
The memo outlined point by point just how destructive the Democrat demands would be:
– Medicaid for illegal immigrants: Democrats’ bill would once again allow Biden’s flood of improperly paroled migrants to tap into Medicaid.
– Priority for illegals over Americans: Shockingly, the plan would require Medicaid to pay more for emergency care given to illegal aliens than it does for American citizens who are disabled, elderly, or children.
– California’s open-borders loophole: Democrats’ language would preserve California’s exploitative scheme that already uses federal dollars to cover illegal aliens under Medicaid.
– Special subsidies for non-citizens: The proposal reinstates an Obamacare subsidy that explicitly excludes low-income American citizens.
– A direct hit on rural America: The plan repeals a generational $50 billion investment in rural healthcare.
– Targeting working families: It would eliminate Health Savings Accounts, stripping 10 million Americans of their tax-advantaged healthcare dollars.
The bottom line? Democrats are so obsessed with rewarding illegal immigration that they’re willing to rob American children, seniors, veterans, and working families of their healthcare security.
The Trump administration’s message couldn’t be clearer: this isn’t a “negotiating tactic” from the Left — it’s their agenda. They are fighting for illegal aliens, not for you. And until Democrats drop their reckless demands, the shutdown is squarely on their shoulders.
For millions of Americans watching their healthcare costs climb under Biden’s inflation crisis, the outrage is justified. The Democrats’ priorities are plain to see — and they don’t include you.
