Senator Hawley opposed the Affordable Care Act — the very law that enabled Missouri’s Medicaid expansion, which he now claims to defend. He backed Trump-era budgets that proposed deep cuts to Medicaid. Now, with polls showing broad public support for programs like Medicaid, he’s repositioning himself as a populist champion of the working class.

In Missouri there hasn't been much criticism of Senator Hawley because most locals are keenly aware of the devastation that this move will cost local residents . . . The reality is that for anybody with a grandma or any contact with the American healthcare hot mess . . . This isn't a partisan issue. However . . .