It was a BRUTAL smackdown on Capitol Hill today when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. torched Democrat Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA) over the left’s tired lies about “Medicaid cuts.”
The exchange happened during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at 1:30 p.m. ET, where RFK Jr. testified on the White House’s budget request under the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” — a $500 million package to complete his signature MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) objectives.
But when Rep. Harder tried to score cheap political points by accusing the administration of slashing Medicaid and abandoning the poor, RFK Jr. unleashed the facts.
Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA):
About half of my district is on Medicaid. The recent budget that is being discussed in the House right now would leave 50,000 people in my community without health insurance. Secretary Kennedy, my question for you is: why do you think that a community like mine doesn’t deserve access to the same basic health care provided by Medicaid that you benefited from?