Hawley Blames GOP Losses on Medicaid Cuts He Voted For
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said Monday that Republican election losses stemmed from the party abandoning working Americans, citing cuts to Medicaid and rural hospital funding, according to CNN and Punchbowl News. Hawley voted in July 2025 for the tax and spending law that CBO estimated would cut federal Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion over a decade, despite having called such cuts "morally wrong and politically suicidal" in a prior op-ed. He supported the bill after it included a $50 billion rural health fund and delayed certain Medicaid funding reductions, and two weeks later introduced legislation to reverse some cuts and expand that fund to $100 billion, which remains stalled in the Senate Finance Committee. Hawley also called for a Dec. 15 Capitol gathering for fasting and prayer in response to the election results.