EXCLUSIVE – A self-identified nursing home employee and lifelong Republican who voted for President Donald Trump is urging House GOP lawmakers to avoid making cuts to Medicaid, as he stars in a new seven-figure ad blitz by a pro-Democrat outside group as part of its “Hands off Medicaid” campaign.
The release of the ads by a group called “Protect Our Care” – which they say will run on TV, radio and digital platforms and target 10 House Republicans who may face competitive re-elections next year when the GOP aims to defend its fragile majority – comes as congressional Democrats have increasingly accused Republicans of trying to harm funding for Medicaid as well as Medicare.
The $2 million ad blitz – which was shared first with Fox News Digital on Tuesday – launches as the House is expected to vote on a continuing resolution to fund the federal government in order to avoid an end-of-the-week shutdown of the government and the furlough of tens of thousands of federal workers.
“I look after seniors here at the nursing home. Most of them pay for it through Medicaid. So if Congress goes through with these big cuts to Medicaid, some of our residents will probably have to leave. Most of them will have nowhere else to go,” a man identified in the ad as John B., a certified nurse practioner, says in the TV spot.
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John, who proceeds to place a red “Make America Great Again” cap on his head, says, “look, I’m a Republican. I voted for Donald Trump. But Medicaid should not be a political thing. They need to know cutting it will hurt all of us.”
He then says to the House Republican targeted in the ad that “we’re all counting on you to stop these cuts to Medicaid.”
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Protect Our Care says their ads will run in the districts of Republican Reps. David Schweikert (AZ-01) of Arizona, David Valadao (CA-22), Young Kim (CA-40), and Ken Calvert (CA-41) of…
