The liberal media won’t dare report the full truth about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s blistering takedown of Democrat Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA) during yesterday’s Senate hearing. While CNN and MSNBC continue pushing their false narrative about “cruel Republican Medicaid cuts,” RFK Jr. exposed the real scandal – Democrats have been enabling massive fraud and abuse of the system for years, and President Trump’s administration is finally cleaning up the mess.
The confrontation erupted during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing regarding the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” – a $500 million package to achieve the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) initiative. When Rep. Harder attempted to parrot the Left’s talking points about imaginary Medicaid cuts, RFK Jr. schooled him with facts and figures the mainstream media desperately wants to ignore.
Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA):
“About half of my district is on Medicaid. The recent budget would leave 50,000 people in my community without health insurance. Secretary Kennedy, why do you think my community doesn’t deserve access to the same basic health care you benefited from?”
RFK Jr.:
“I do believe in that. That is the design of the Medicaid program.”
Harder, clearly unprepared for an actual policy debate, then revealed his ignorance:
Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA):
“Do you disagree with the Medicaid cuts being proposed?”
RFK Jr. (dismantling the narrative):
“I don’t know if you understand this or you’re just mouthing Democratic talking points. These cuts target fraud, waste and abuse. Thanks to advanced data analytics, we’ve identified a million people fraudulently claiming Medicaid from multiple states – that’s theft. Another million are double-dipping between Obamacare and Medicaid.”
When Harder tried to claim these facts were irrelevant, RFK Jr. dropped the hammer:
RFK Jr.:
“These are the ONLY cuts being made. We’re also ending Medicaid for illegal aliens – and even Gavin Newsom just announced California will remove them from rolls now that federal funding is cut. So much for Democrat ‘compassion.'”
Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA): "Do you disagree with the cuts that are being proposed for Medicaid right now?"
HHS Secretary RFK Jr: "I don't know if you understand this or whether you're just mouthing the democratic talking points, cuts to Medicaid are fraud, waste and… pic.twitter.com/fy6fjb8GXG
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) May 14, 2025
The truth the liberal media won’t report? President Trump isn’t cutting Medicaid for deserving Americans – he’s ending the massive fraud Democrats have tolerated for years. While the Left cries about “cuts,” they’re really upset about losing their favorite slush fund. The Trump administration has identified:
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1 million fraudulent multi-state enrollees
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1 million people double-dipping in Obamacare and Medicaid
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1 million illegal aliens receiving benefits
This is what real fiscal responsibility looks like. While Democrats use Medicaid as a political weapon, President Trump is ensuring the program serves actual American citizens in need – not fraudsters, not bureaucrats, and certainly not illegal immigrants.