Joe Scarborough Blows Up on Squirming Mike Lawler in Fierce Medicaid Cuts Throwdown

David Gilmour Aug 8th, 2025, 11:05 am

host Joe Scarborough lost it on Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) in a furious throwdown over Medicaid cuts he voted through when backing President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) after the congressman dismissed doctors’ fears that healthcare services would be impacted.

Lawler appeared on MSNBC Friday to tout his plans to introduce legislation that would “outright ban gerrymandering,” only for Scarborough to challenge him on his voting record, particularly his decision to push Trump’s sweeping domestic legislation that aimed to extend 2017 tax cuts, slash $1.5 trillion in federal spending, and to Medicaid.

Lawler defended the cuts and changes to M

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