WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today is the third day of Chuck Schumer’s Shutdown and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) once again voted in favor of a clean government funding bill today, standing with President Trump to keep the government open for Nebraska families. Meanwhile, Fake Independent Dan Osborn showed his true colors and said he would have voted with Democrats to “absolutely” shut down the government. In exchange for reopening the government, Schumer and his hand-picked candidates like Osborn are demanding $1.5 trillion in new wasteful spending, funding free healthcare for illegal aliens, and cutting $50 billion in funding for rural hospitals provided by the Working Family Tax Cuts.
“Pete Ricketts is standing with President Trump and fighting to protect military families’ pay, provide certainty to farmers and ranchers, and defend the largest rural healthcare investment in history,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia. “Fake independent Dan Osborn said himself he would have voted with Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer to continue the Democrats’ shutdown because he cares more about free healthcare for illegals than delivering for Nebraska.”
Fake independent Dan Osborn is Chuck Schumer’s hand-picked Senate candidate and said in an interview he wants Democrats to shut down the government. Schumer’s Shutdown is:
- Leaving military families without pay.
- Hurting farmers and ranchers who need certainty to produce our food.
- Threatening vital healthcare and housing programs for veterans.
- Putting law enforcement lives on the line.
- Jeopardizing flood insurance for millions of Americans.
- Allowing funding for Medicare patients’ treatment to expire.
- Driving up food prices for America’s most needy families.
Democrats are demanding $1.5 trillion in spending increases to end the shutdown and:
- Cut $50 billion in rural healthcare funding
- Restore Biden-era free healthcare for illegal aliens
- Expand taxpayer-funded Medicaid to unemployed, able-bodied individuals without dependents under 14 years old
- Eliminate Republican-passed fraud protections for taxpayer benefits like Medicaid and SNAP.
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