Utah Republicans Release Budget Pushing Trump’s Plan To Threaten Health Care, Social Security and Reproductive Freedoms

SALT LAKE CITY, March 21, 2024 —  Following Donald Trump’s agenda for another term, 80% of House Republicans – including Blake Moore, Burgess Owens, and John Curtis – released a budget yesterday that would gut Social Security and Medicare, rip away health care, ban abortion, and threaten access to IVF nationwide. In response, Utah Democratic Party Chair Diane Lewis released the following statement: 

“MAGA Republicans are showing us exactly what could happen if Donald Trump gets another term: a national ban on abortion, threats to IVF access, health care protections ripped away from thousands of Utahns with preexisting conditions, and Social Security and Medicare slashed for Utah seniors. This is Trump’s plan for Utah, and Republicans like Blake Moore, Burgess Owens, and John Curtis, are laying out their extremely unpopular MAGA blueprint line by line. The GOP’s catastrophic plan to raise costs and destroy our freedoms emphasizes just how much is at stake in this election, and this November, Utahns will make sure Trump and MAGA Republicans never get the chance to turn this budget into reality.”

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