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Rebecca Vallas
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DC via Philly via all over
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Senior Fellow, Poverty - Center for American Progress / @amprog. Host of @OffKilterShow on @WeActRadio @progvoice. Former legal aid lawyer. Mother of cats.
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Know how Social Security and Medicare are referred to as the “third rail” – because cutting them is understood to b… https://t.co/NglrhmURvv
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Trump and Congressional Republicans learned the hard way last year how immensely popular Medicaid is, when in many… https://t.co/EGR0KGWvb3
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And it’s not just Medicaid folks don’t want to see cut. Americans overwhelmingly—and across party lines—oppose Pr… https://t.co/kXTA1pSWxg
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Among the poll's findings: ️ 78% oppose cutting Social Security disability benefits ️ 78% oppose cutting LIHEAP… https://t.co/YeLaXnbrAK
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NOTE TO @GOP: Opposition to cutting these and other critical programs cuts *across party lines* -- with majorities… https://t.co/Ew1yU7zOZp
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@GOP Meanwhile, the poll finds that people understand Trump and Ryan’s proposals to slash these and other critical… https://t.co/Wz28tkWber
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@GOP Now for the kicker… Majorities of Americans report they would be *less likely to vote for* a candidate who s… https://t.co/Dvak40Xcf6
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@GOP A big part of why Americans oppose cuts to programs that help families afford the basics is because they get t… https://t.co/JDxcU9EePK
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@GOP Fully 70% report their family had a serious issue w/at least one of the following in the past year: - finding… https://t.co/qZcCNJeV2b
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@GOP And it’s not just folks struggling to make ends meet *today* who get that these programs are there for them wh… https://t.co/fTXYJoxQjk
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@GOP 65% say “Even if I may not need them now, I’m glad our society provides govt services to ensure basic living s… https://t.co/0g9zQbd3Ii
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@GOP And all that scaremongering the GOP has been doing about the “unsustainable” deficits they’ve conveniently for… https://t.co/lb1uDr4N9R
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@GOP By a 60 percent-to-20 percent margin, voters say: “It is more important to me to help provide basic living st… https://t.co/xDxFIJqyrW
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@GOP vs. this: “It is more important to me to address large budget deficits by reducing overall spending on govern… https://t.co/5jftjxY98K
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@GOP As I said before, the GOP learned the hard way during the healthcare fight how popular Medicaid is. If they… https://t.co/L237vf9ZzJ
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@GOP That's even true when it comes to the GOP's so-called "work requirements" in Medicaid -- which are really time… https://t.co/M5MySJfxFM
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@GOP Our polling shows that when people understand the consequences of so-called "work requirements" -- that people… https://t.co/Co1oT5uQ6U
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@GOP So what are you waiting for? Tell @realDonaldTrump @SpeakerRyan and their colleagues in Congress #HandsOff -… https://t.co/QCMvM1kXhG
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@GOP @realDonaldTrump @SpeakerRyan **FOR NERDS WHO WANT MORE ON THE POLL** This was a comprehensive national poll… https://t.co/HJo5obpTrV
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.@rebeccavallas: oft-cited CAP study calculated cost of deporting all illegal aliens by multiplying # of illegal aliens times cost to deport a single illegal alien. Given such an incredibly flawed methodology, how can your polls - or any CAP output - be trusted? #immigration