Winsome Earle-Sears: “The bill as you know now does so many great things”
 

VIRGINIA – Winsome Earle-Sears praised Donald Trump’s tax bill that will take healthcare away from 350,000 Virginians, force rural hospitals to close, and raise healthcare costs across the Commonwealth. Sears said Trump’s tax bill “does so many great things” and has come under fire for pushing lies that she can use Virginia’s rainy day fund to cover Medicaid cuts, even though it’s mathematically impossible.  
 
“Sears backed Trump’s devastating healthcare cuts and now she’s lying to Virginians saying that the rainy day fund can cover the Medicaid cuts she supported. Sears owes Virginians answers about why she cheered on the bill in the first place and why she’s lying to Virginians now,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.
 
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Winsome Earle-Sears cheered on Trump’s tax bill and dismissed the concerns of Virginians that will lose their health insurance.

• Sears praised Trump’s tax bill saying it “does so many great things” as it will strip 350,000 Virginians of healthcare, put at least six rural hospitals at risk of closing, and raise healthcare costs by thousands of dollars per year. 
• Sears told the 350,000 Virginians who will be stripped of their health insurance and six rural hospitals facing closure as a result of the bill, “don’t panic.” 
• Following Virginia Democrats launching a new billboard campaign calling out Winsome Earle-Sears for backing Trump’s healthcare cuts, Sears again refused to explain why she’s backing the law, and dismissed the devastating impact on Virginians. 

Sears lied to Virginians by pushing claims that she can use Virginia’s “rainy day” reserve to cover Medicaid cuts even though the math doesn't add up. 

• Former GOP Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling called Sears’ claims that she can use Virginia’s “rainy day” reserve to cover the Medicaid cuts a “bad idea.”

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