David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP, File
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was blunt in his response to a false claim by Vice President JD Vance that Democrats are demanding a “$1.5 trillion spending package that funded free health care for illegals” to avoid a government shutdown, posting a four-word tweet.
With the deadline for a government shutdown looming on Oct. 1, Republicans and Democrats have been engaging in the usual partisan finger-pointing over which side should be blamed if a deal can’t be reached.
One GOP claim that Vance has pushed is that the Democrats’ version of the spending bill, which seeks to extend subsidies on Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) insurance premiums, would be tantamount to providing free health care to illegal immigrants. Democrats have loudly objected to that accusation, pointing to federal law that prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving coverage under Obamacare, Medicaid, and other federal programs — and the actual text of their version of the continuing resolution.
“Donald Trump knows, or at least I think he knows, that current federal law prohibits using taxpayer dollars for undocumented immigrants in connection with their health care. And no one is trying to change or reverse that law,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told MSNBC over the weekend. “What we are doing is fighting to protect the healthcare of everyday Americans in the midst of this Republican-caused crisis that is devastating hospitals and...
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