Florida Democrats Denounced President Trump’s ‘Big Bullsh*t Bill’

Florida Democrats denounced President Donald Trump’s major legislation, calling it the “Big Bullsh*t Bill” and saying that Florida families will pay the price.




Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried issued a statement following House Republicans passing President Trump’s “reckless” budget bill, which Democrats said was “one of the most dangerous pieces of economic legislation in recent memory.”

The Florida Democratic Party blasted Republicans for stripping food assistance, increasing costs on Floridians, and adding to the deficit for a tax cut for the rich. The FDP also said that Medicaid cuts will take health care from 2 million in Florida.

Republicans like Florida Senator Rick Scott praised the “Big Beautiful Bill” and intends to continue working with President Trump.

FDP Chair Nikki Fried called the Republican budget “cruel, reckless, and deeply un-American.”

Here is the full statement from Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried attacking what Democrats labeled President Trump’s “Big Bullsh*t Bill” and warning Floridians:

“House Republicans just voted to strip food assistance from millions of Americans, saddle everyday Floridians with higher energy bills, and add over $3 trillion to the deficit—all so the ultra-wealthy can get another tax break.

This bill rips health care away from 17 million Americans, including nearly 2 million Floridians, by making the largest cut to Medicaid in our nation’s history. One in six Floridians—mostly children—rely on Medicaid. This would shutter rural hospitals, force nursing homes to close, and push already struggling families past the breaking point.




Republicans have betrayed their constituents and made it abundantly clear that they don’t give a damn about working families. Now Florida families will pay the price.

This budget is cruel, reckless, and deeply un-American. Working families will be living with the consequences for years to come. Every Congressional Republican should be on notice: if you put Trump before your constituents, we’re coming for your seat.”

Other Democratic-leaning leaders from Florida Health Justice Project, Florida Policy Institute, Florida Voices for Health, SEIU Florida, and UnidosUS condemned Congress’s rushed passage of the so?called “Big, Beautiful Bill” – which they called “a dangerous betrayal of millions of Florida workers and families,” and dubbed it the “Big UGLY Bill.”

“This is not reform; it’s a repeal of essential care,” said Martha Baker, RN, President of SEIU Florida and SEIU Local 1991, representing nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals at Jackson Health System in Miami, FL. “Disabled Floridians will lose life?saving home care, our hospitals will bleed, and families will drown in paperwork.”

“Medicaid protects Floridians, young and old, especially our most at?risk community members,” added Roxey Nelson, Executive Vice President of 1199SEIU, the state’s largest union of healthcare workers. “This bill pulls the rug out from under them, depriving care, dignity, and stability. As a union of caregivers, we’re especially appalled that these dangerous cuts are to pay for more massive tax giveaways to big business and the ultra-wealthy.”

They warned about what is at stake for Florida, according to these groups:

• Nearly $1 trillion nationwide in healthcare cuts over the next decade—slashing at least 2 million Floridians off of Medicaid and Health Insurance Marketplace insurance and doubling the state’s uninsured population.
• A key funding mechanism used by Florida and 48 other states is frozen at current levels, preventing the state from using this funding method to make up for federal shortfalls caused by the bill.
• More frequent and burdensome eligibility checks and fees disproportionately harm disabled individuals, escalating medical debt and administrative red tape.
• SNAP Cuts of $295B: Massive rollback over 10 years; states will shoulder more admin costs, leading to stricter eligibility enforcement. Due to new rules, some states may drop SNAP altogether.
• The bill attacks immigrant health coverage, limiting participation in Medicaid and also Medicare and ACA tax credits to green card holders, Cubans, Haitians, and residents of the Marshall Island/Micronesia, and barring coverage for all other lawfully present immigrants, such as individuals with Temporary Protected status, refugees, asylees, survivors of domestic violence and trafficking, and Dreamers.

More statements that were provided included:

Sadaf Knight, CEO of Florida Policy Institute: “Even though millions of Floridians are already struggling to make ends meet, congressional leaders and the Trump administration have pushed through a plan that guts health care funding– among other critical programs and services–while providing tax cuts skewed to the wealthiest households. The massive cuts that Congress has included in the reconciliation bill is an act of cruel disregard for the lives of millions of Americans. Floridians will lose much-needed health care coverage, and our state will be left footing the bill for the loss in federal funding. Additionally, our state is already projecting a nearly $7 billion deficit by fiscal year 2028. Now is the worst time for our state to be left footing a massive bill to preserve current SNAP and Medicaid benefit levels.”