Vote for spending bill sending 'shockwaves' through key GOP district: 'political suicide'

MSNBC host Ana Cabrera and former Congressman Max Rose (D-NY) took a jab at Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) without even mentioning her name Thursday morning.

“Congressman Rose, you used to represent Staten Island, which voted for President [Donald] Trump the past three cycles,” Cabrera said.

“We did some digging, nearly half of Staten Island's residents are on Medicaid, which now is going to face major cuts. How do you think voters are going to respond to that?”

Rose said, “I can tell you that the vast majority of Trump voters did not vote for something like this. When you cut Medicaid. You're actually cutting a whole series of other things.”

The former congressman noted the cuts include funding for hospitals, nonprofits, and cuts for veterans.

“We don't realize this, but nearly 1 million veterans receive some type of Medicaid supplemental service,” Rose, who served in the U.S. Army said.

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“Additionally, millions of veterans across the country are on some type of Medicaid plan. This takes a sledgehammer to veterans. That's not what any Trump supporter voted for," Rose added, "They thump their chest very proudly, saying, ‘how much they love America, how much they support veterans.’ That's not what this bill does. We are going to see the political implications of this this year, not just next."

He later added, “This is going to send shockwaves through [the midterm] elections.”

“What you describe sounds like political suicide,” Cabrera said.

The “political suicide” Cabrera was speaking of could be seen as a dig at Malliotakis. The Republican currently representing Rose’s former district, which includes all of Staten Island and a small southwestern part of Brooklyn. Rose lost to Malliotakis in 2021 after serving one term as a congressman.

Cabrera then turned to former Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), who called the bill’s passing an “impressive win for [House] Speaker [Mike] Johnson,” but also possibly “perilous for both parties.”

Curbelo added, “[A] Reconciliation [bill like this] excludes a minority party. So these bills are very big. They're ambitious. They're aggressive in some areas, whether it's in their cuts or in their new investments, and then the public tends to have a backlash.”

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