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Trump's Robin Hood in reverse budget would be devastating for nearly every community across the U.S.

Here are just a few ways the #TrumpBudget would hurt:

Women
People with disabilities
Rural Americans
Communities of color
Children
Older Americans
LGBTQ individuals
Veterans
1. WOMEN

Women make up two-thirds of adults on Medicaid—which Trump calls for ending as we know it, leaving millions of women without health coverage. And he'd defund Planned Parenthood, cutting off access to family planning & well-woman care.

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2. PEOPLE W/DISABILITIES

Trump’s deep Medicaid cuts jeopardize health care & vital services for 15M people w/disabilities. His budget also slashes #SocialSecurity disability benefits, housing for PWD--and even closes the Limb Loss Resource Center.

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The #TrumpBudget is more than numbers on a page. It lays out an agenda to strip away people’s rights and health care. #HandsOff

Here’s what the plan would do. [Thread]
Gut both the Affordable Care Act and the #Medicaid program — the insurance plan for one in five women of reproductive age. For these women, Medicaid makes the difference between access to basic care, like birth control — or doing without.
Threaten 2.4 million people’s access to birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and other preventive care at Planned Parenthood health centers.
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A budget is a statement of priorities and values, and #TrumpBudget has made it abundantly clear that Trump does not care about the health of our families, our communities, our oceans, our rivers, or our public lands or keeping toxics away from our kids or out of our air and water
It seems like the only things the people in the Trump Administration care about are their own self-interest and the corporate polluters and billionaires that are running this administration. #TrumpBudget
Here’s a perfect example of the Trump Administration’s values. Just yesterday, it was reported that Scott Pruitt has spent over $100,000 in taxpayer dollars flying in luxury around the world... washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
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