Republicans Broke Rural Healthcare—Then Blamed Democrats
Republicans Broke Rural Healthcare—Then Blamed Democrats  
Podcast: Bulwark Takes
Published On: Sun Oct 05 2025
Description: Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s ‘Meet the Press’ appearance where he repeatedly lied about the shutdown being over undocumented immigrants receiving free healthcare, struggled to answer on Trump’s call to use the military against citizens, and said the unprecedented federal firings during the shutdown are completely up to Russ Vought. Read Jonathan Cohn's article for The Bulwark: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/government-shutdown-emergency-medical-care-illegal-immigrants