"Len Fasano loves to cry foul when he's asked to defend the indefensible actions of the leader of his party, Donald Trump, but he has conveniently neglected to admit that he supported Trump for president."

"Either you want to destroy Medicaid in America, or you want to stand with people’s health care. Either you want to destroy Medicaid and other health programs so you can give a gigantic tax reduction to the wealthiest 0.2 percent of our population, or you care about health care and the citizens of your state.”

In order make up for losses in Medicaid funding, Connecticut would have to cut 32% of its elementary and secondary education funding, 45% of its higher education funding, 166% of its corrections funding, or 58% of transportation funding.