Louisiana Voice

Four Louisiana congressmen could be facing a dilemma of sorts if it should ever come down to the House voting on cutting Medicaid as has been rumored since Agent Orange became IMPOTUS.

Here’s the thing: of the top nine Republican congressional districts with the highest number of expanded Medicaid enrollments, four are from Louisiana – including that of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

That could pose a problem since all four are dedicated Trump bootlickers (I cleaned that up for the more delicate reads).

California’s House District 22, represented by David Valadao who also just happens to be a Trump Repugnantcan. His district led the way with 139,800 adult Affordable Care Act enrollees.

But looky-look at number 2! That’s Louisiana’s 05^th District, represented by Julia Letlow, an avid Trumpette. Her district had 131,300 adult enrollees.

Next at third was Oregon’s District 02, represented by another Good Ol’ Party boy, Cliff Bentz. His district rang in with 131,000. Fourth was Kentucky District 5, represented by Hal Rogers (Republican, what else?) with 130,300 ACA enrollees.

Coming in at number 05 is Louisiana District 3. The big dog in that district is one Clay Higgins and 126,400 of his constituents are enrolled in ACA.

Sixth is Louisiana House District 04. That is the district of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, of whom we are so very proud – as are the 117,500 adult (maybe) voters enrolled in ACA.

In seventh place is Republican Jay Obernolte’s California District 23 (a bit southeast of Valadao’s District 22) with 109,400 enrollees.

Eighth place is held down by Louisiana District 01, represented by none other than Steve KKK Scalise, with 107,800 enrollees.

In the anchor spot of the bottom nine is West Virginia District 01, represented by Republican Carol Miller, with a paltry 98,900 ACA enrollees.

Isn’t it interesting to know that these Republican-controlled congressional districts have the highest adult Medicaid expansion ACA members? Especially since Trump and Musk seem hell-bent on trashing Medicaid and even more especially since each of the districts are loaded down with Trump supporters who are on Medicaid? Wow. Go figure.