The DSR Network Best of the Daily Blast: Angry JD Vance Accidentally Reveals How Trump Is Screwing MAGA Voters
Jan 3, 2026
Kristen Crowell, Executive Director of Fair Share America, passionately discusses the fallout from a recent budget bill that threatens Medicaid funding. She shares her on-the-ground experiences revealing widespread voter anger and fear, particularly among Trump supporters feeling betrayed. With Vice President JD Vance's dismissive tweets as a backdrop, Crowell explains how voters are rejecting GOP narratives and are particularly concerned about healthcare impacts. She also highlights the potential for this discontent to energize grassroots organizing for the upcoming midterms.
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Bill Is A Massive Redistribution Upward
- The Senate bill cuts over $1 trillion, nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, and leaves over 11 million people uninsured.
- Kristen Crowell calls it a massive upward redistribution of wealth favoring the rich at the expense of working families.
On-The-Ground Anger In Rochester
- Kristen Crowell reports she's on the road in Rochester, Minnesota, hearing voters furious and afraid about cuts to health care and food assistance.
- She describes this reaction as people recognizing the bill as immoral and a giveaway to the rich.
Diversion Tactic By Messaging On Immigration
- J.D. Vance's tweets frame Medicaid cuts as 'minutiae' and push focus toward funding ICE and migrant detention.
- Greg Sargent calls this a deliberate diversion telling MAGA voters to overlook their own lost benefits.