Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) lashed out at disabled protesters who interrupted a House hearing on Medicaid by claiming they were hired and on a "sugar high" from COVID-era spending.
Marshall made the remarks Wednesday to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, a day after the disabled Medicaid recipients interrupted a House Energy and Commerce hearing on health care.
"U.S. Capitol police arrested 26 people yesterday after activists protested the Medicaid cuts, interrupted the House Energy and Commerce budget reconciliation markup," Bartiromo noted.
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"Well, I was not there, but it's interesting to me that these people, obviously, most of them with disabilities, are on Medicare," Marshall opined. "They may have Medicaid, but most of their health care is taken care of through Medicare."
"We're not touching Medicare," he continued. "So I'm doing everything we can to make Medicaid more efficient and preserve it for their future."
"Everybody's on a sugar high right now, the last four years, because of COVID, and it's hard to come off that sugar high."
