By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief.
Republican Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde is leading legislation which would prevent federal Medicaid funds from being used to finance gun control projects disguised as “gun violence prevention” programs.
He is joined by Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Josh Brecheen (OK-02), Eric Burlison (MO-07), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Eli Crane (AZ-02), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Ron Estes (KS-04), Bob Good (VA-05), Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Andy Harris (MD-01), Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Clay Higgins (LA-03), David Kustoff (TN-08), Mary Miller (IL-15), Alex Mooney (WV-02), Barry Moore (AL-02), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Andy Ogles (TN-05), Burgess Owens (UT-04), Chip Roy (TX-21), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), and Randy Weber (TX-14). Co-sponsors are Texas Reps. Chip Roy and Dan Crenshaw, and Illinois Rep. Mary Miller.
According to a press release from Clyde’s office, the Biden-Harris administration in September announced new executive orders which said “the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow states to use Medicaid to pay for counseling on ‘firearm safety.’”
“Several liberal states, including California, Connecticut, and New York, have passed legislation allowing Medicaid to reimburse such services,” Clyde’s office explained.
“Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars have no place furthering the Left’s unconstitutional gun control agenda,” Rep. Clyde stated. “Rather than supporting law enforcement and empowering lawful gun owners, liberal states are determined to divert federal Medicaid dollars to fund false ‘violence prevention’ programs. As responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars and relentless defenders of the Constitution, Congress must step in to stop this flagrant misuse of federal funds aimed at infringing law-abiding Americans’ Second Amendment liberties.”
Newsweek is reporting the legislation—which isn’t likely to move before the end of the current congressional session—that “Tension between federal and state authorities has grown, as states like Tennessee have embraced the opportunity to use Medicaid dollars for intervention programs, while Republican lawmakers like Clyde seek to halt the practice.”
The establishment media has been falsely portraying administration gun control schemes as “gun violence prevention” programs.
