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

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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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6:39 PM · Jul 11, 2025

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