In response to Mitch McConnell saying families would “get over” the prospect of having their health care taken away, DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following statement: “I hope Republicans can ‘get over it’ when they lose their seats in the midterms.”

SHOT: American families are scared they will lose health care and overwhelmingly reject the GOP’s budget to fund another round of tax handouts for their billionaire donors by gutting Medicaid…  

• An overwhelming majority of Americans, including one in three Republicans, disapprove of Trump’s billionaire-first budget
• 59% of Americans oppose the GOP’s budget bill, with only 23% saying the proposal will help their family and 49% saying it will hurt them
• 64% of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of the GOP’s tax and budget bill, including 34% of Republicans 
• When people hear about the bill’s drastic health care cuts support shrinks and opposition grows — including among Trump’s own supporters
• After being told that the bill would decrease funding for local hospitals, favorability of the bill falls to 21% while unfavorability rises to 79%

CHASER: … while former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said worried families would “get over it” less than a month after Joni Ernst told constituents “we all are going to die.” 

Senator Mitch McConnell: “I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they’ll get over it.” 

Senator Joni Ernst: “Well, we all are going to die.”  

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