cut healthcare for undocumented immigrants. One lawmaker wants it back

Only two Democratic lawmakers voted against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal last year curtailing healthcare for undocumented immigrants. Sen. Maria Elena Durazo was one them.

Now, Durazo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, is proposing legislation that would reverse many of those immigrant healthcare cuts and reinstate Medi-Cal eligibility for all income-qualifying residents regardless of citizenship.

If centrists insist on rallying behind Newsom because he makes good boomer memes where he makes fun of Trump, we are unbelievably fucked. Gavin Newsom is at best controlled opposition and at worst he is just a more well mannered Republican who is just as batshit crazy and willing to hurt people needlessly with policy as any other Republican is.

When your family member gets sick and loses healthcare, when the worst happens in their life and they are cast out onto the street, Gavin Newsom wants them to die, not get healthcare. Ignore this reality to all of our peril.