What we witnessed over the last month is disgusting.

The House passed a budget that does immense harm to the people who need help most — hungry kids, working parents, the elderly, veterans — in exchange for massive tax cuts to the most filthy rich people in the country.

The House kicked it to the Senate and they made it even worse. Bigger cuts. More damage. More cruelty.

They sent it back to the House yesterday, and the budget passed this afternoon. It’s going to Trump now, and he’ll sign it. They’ll take a victory lap and all the pundits and MAGA and the White House are going to talk about how massive and historic a win this is.

It’s sick. It’s absolutely sick.

Today, I’m devastated for the kids growing up like I did. My family didn’t have much, and what little help we got came from the government. It made a huge difference for us. That’s why I joined the Marines and why I ran for Congress. I wanted to give back to the country that gave me so much.

But I am absolutely furious about why this passed as well. We only needed a few votes to kill this in the House, and we literally needed ONE MORE VOTE in the Senate. If Lisa Murkowski had the courage to stand up to Trump, 17 million people would keep their health care and millions of families could put food on the table for their kids.

The worst part is, she publicly admits it. But instead of doing the right thing, Murkowski got side deals. Special tax breaks, extra cash, the worst kind of insider dealing. The Kodiak Kickback. An absolute betrayal, and everybody knows it.

But this isn’t over. Our job now is to hold every single Republican without a backbone accountable. We need to show America the scale of this corruption. I held an emergency town hall with Alaska Democrats last night to rally against Murkowski’s Fairbanks Flip Flop, and that’s just the start.

But keeping this up is going to take a huge, sustained grassroots mobilization, and that kind of campaign takes a ton of resources.

I am ready to make that happen. If you’re with me, can I count on you to make a donation and take the fight to the GOP and Trump? It will add up fast if a ton of people are chipping in.

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I really appreciate the help.

Now, let’s make them regret this vote.

Ruben
 


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