'Colossal mistake': Sen Mark Kelly doesn't hold back with attack on GOP

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

July 11, 2025 11:28PM ET


Congressional Democrats have wasted no time in going after Republicans who voted for the federal tax and spending bill that will cut health insurance and food benefits for the impoverished and disabled to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly did just that during a Friday morning press conference at the IBEW Local 640 electrician’s union building in Phoenix, where he slammed Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell for saying that people will “get over” losing their Medicaid coverage.

“Trump and Republicans in the House and the Senate, they were hell-bent on passing tax cuts for rich people and tax cuts for big corporations, and, to be honest with you, they did not care about anything else,” Kelly told reporters, community members and advocates for the programs facing cuts.

Just one week earlier, President Donald Trump signed into law his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” after it narrowly passed through both chambers of Congress with only Republican support, including from all of Arizona’s Republican Congressmen: Andy Biggs, Juan Ciscomani, Eli Crane, Paul Gosar, Abe Hamadeh and David Schweikert.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kelly-republicans-cut-health-care-and-food-for-az-families-so-the-wealthy-could/

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(yes, Democrats ARE doing "press conferences" and "town halls" but they rarely get any "national" media mentions)

Link to Arizona Mirror coverage - https://azmirror.com/2025/07/11/kelly-republicans-cut-health-care-and-food-for-az-families-so-the-wealthy-could-pay-lower-taxes/

Link to Mark Kelly PRESS RELEASE - ICYMI: In Phoenix, Kelly Stands with Arizona Families Following Passage of Trump’s Bill to Cut Medicaid and SNAP

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Just because Trump’s big bill passed doesn’t mean this fight is over. For folks who are going to lose health care or food assistance, it’s just beginning.

Today I’m in Phoenix to lift up the voices of those Arizonans and remind them that Trump and Republicans in Congress may Show more
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Last week, Trump and Republicans in Congress got their way. They passed their big bill that rips away health care from millions of Americans and adds trillions to the debt—all to pay for tax cuts for rich people.

They’re going to regret it, and I’m planning to make sure they do.

— Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) 2025-07-11T23:43:31.057Z

Republicans in Congress don’t care about families that won’t be able to afford a doctor’s visit or rural hospitals that will close. But they will care when they lose elections. They can hide and skip town halls, but next November, they’ll have to answer to their constituents.

— Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) 2025-07-11T23:43:31.058Z

[Clouds Passing]

1. Kick for Kelly!

[sheshe2]

2. This!

They’re going to regret it, and I am planning to make sure they do.

Thank you Senator Kelly.

[benfranklin1776]

3. Yes 🙌🏼

Thank you Senator Kelly! ✊🏼🙌🏼
More like this please 👏🏼‼️

[AllaN01Bear]

4. kick

[FakeNoose]

5. Thank you Senator Kelly - keep reminding the voters by telling us the truth

Faux Noise and all of Chump's government are lying to the American voters. We need to know what's being taken away.

[Midnight Writer]

6. There is no "mistake". Republicans have been after food stamps, Meals On Wheels, heating assistance, etc. for decades.

This is part of an intentional strategy to use the government to take from the poorest and give to the richest.

And every Republican supports this. The only GOP votes against it were from Republicans who say it did not cut enough.

[bmichaelh]

7. McConnell is a horrible human being

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I am a lymphoma survivor.

I was first diagnosed in 1990; It returned in 2019 for the third time.

Three things had to happen for me to reach remission in 2022.

The ACA failed repeal in 2017; Trump pushed for this and McConnell voted for the repeal.
A new drug was approved by the FDA in 2020; the drug worked for me after 4 previous therapies over 2 years failed.
My healthcare provider successfully appealed the denial of the above drug.

I would not had gotten over this, whatever McConnell says.
Between the 4th and 5th treatments, my mobility had declined and I had to use a walker.
If the fifth treatment did not achieve remission, it was possible that paralysis would have preceded death; this was an aggressive lymphoma, when it returned in 2019, it was near my spinal column.

It will take a Democratic Congress, Senate and President to fix what Trump has broken.

Reestablish cancer research.
Remove life and death decisions from healthcare providers.

[GiqueCee]

8. I noticed...

... Paul Gosar's name in the list of Arizona's Republican shitstains that voted for this abortion of a bill. Gosar's been keeping a pretty low profile, but make no mistake; he is a raging psychopath whose siblings won't even let him in their homes. His bizarre facial contortions, called tardive dyskinesia, may well be caused antipsychotic medications. Even his fellow Republicans avoid him like the plague, but they help him stay in office for that one vote. God damn the malevolent swine that keep voting for him.

[COREY.BAKER]

9. Senator Mark Kelly should run for President in 2028

What are your thoughts on Senator Kelly running for the Democratic nomination in 2028? I would like to think he would be an exceptional candidate and would bring Arizona back in the blue column

[BumRushDaShow]

11. AZ is still in transition to the bluer side of purple

and we need to keep whatever (D)s we can muster there. I would hate to see his seat go back to (R) since he and Gabby are very popular there and it took quite a bit for Gallego to make sure his Senate seat remained in the blue column (after Sinema squandered her time in it).

[Jit423]

10. And please explain that Medicare and Medicaid cuts do not go into effect until 2027 so they can blame Dems

The effect date is so important for some of the cuts because Trump is going to try to blame them on Dems around election time.