'Treating him like a moron who can't read': Expert fed up with excuses for Trump

Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky is losing her patience with people trying to give President Donald Trump an "out" to blame others for what some view as bad policies in his "big, beautiful" budget legislation.

Speaking to MSNBC's Chris Jansing on Monday, Roginsky said, "Why Republicans are killing healthcare for millions doesn't really matter. What really matters is what they're doing."

"They're cutting health care to about 12 million Americans in the next several years. They're shutting down rural hospitals. They're getting rid of the social safety net. They're ballooning the deficit to the point that it will imperil Medicare, Social Security and so on," she said. "They're getting rid of food assistance. They're getting rid of every single aspect of the safety net and the social net that Donald Trump promised to keep. And don't forget, he promised that he would not touch Medicaid, and he promised he wouldn't touch Medicare. And he's touching both of those."

Jansing asked if Roginsky thought Trump knows what's going on, implying he's being lied to about what's in the bill.

"Why do we keep treating him like a moron who can't read?" ranted Roginsky. "Does he not watch TV? He can maybe turn off Fox News, which is feeding him propaganda that he wanted to hear, and maybe crack open this bill or crack open The New York Times, or crack open some propaganda outlet that will tell him what's in this bill. I mean, we've got to treat him like an adult and stop treating him like a child."

She also argued that people should stop trying to psychoanalyze why Republican senators would try to make such drastic cuts and focus on what they're doing instead.

"We have to stop thinking about what the motivation is of all of these Republican senators, whether it's fear of Trump or it's that they really care about nobody other than the billionaires to whom they're giving massive windfalls at the expense of their own constituents. They know what they're doing, and they're doing it affirmatively, and they'll be held accountable," she added.

Roginsky also pointed out that when red states start begging not to pass the bill, you know things are bad.

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