New York Rep. Mike Lawler, a swing-district Republican, struggled to defend his party’s vicious Medicaid cuts during a media appearance on Friday.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough noted that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would result in Medicaid cuts between $900 billion to $1 trillion over the next decade, then raised concerns from Lawler’s own district.

Host Joe Scarborough: If you look at the hospitals in your own district, Montefiore Nyack Hospital is already saying because of that vote, because of these cuts, they're going to have to cut back services. They're going to have to cut staff. They're going to have to cut care. Same thing with Westchester Hospital. Hospitals across your district are going to have to cut services and car

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