Gavin Newsom Hands GOP a 2028 Gift With Statement

One of the largest whoppers Democrats told during the Schumer Shutdown was that they weren’t preventing for taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegals as half of the calls for they needed to be met to end the shutdown.

“Federal law prohibits the use of Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Affordable Care Act to provide health insurance in any way, shape, or form to undocumented immigrants—period, full stop. Democrats aren’t trying to change that,” Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) proclaimed at the time. 

Though that is precisely what Jeffries and his fellow Democrats have been attempting to do, it was clear that the subject of taxpayer funding of unlawful immigrant healthcare was a sore spot and for good cause, contemplating the chance that Jeffries knew the longer the shutdown dragged out, the more pissed off the American people would get with Democrats holding up funding for the navy and SNAP recipients just to get some assurances on healthcare for illegals.

SEE ALSO: Trump Admin Found ‘More Than $1B’ in Taxpayer Dollars Were Spent on unlawfuls’ Healthcare

Fast ahead to December, however, and we’ve got California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) admitting he was proud that his state was the first in the nation to funnel billions in taxpayer {dollars} to unlawful immigrant healthcare:

Trump often lies about Democrats giving healthcare to undocumented immigrants. In California, Newsom truly did it. And defends it.

“I’m proud of that. I believe in universal health care.”

But, he says, “we failed on the border. We need to own up to that.” pic.twitter.com/5MFgK9tFQu

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 11, 2025

It was revealed back in March how the Golden State was exploiting a loophole in Medicaid to help fund their healthcare for illegals Medi-Cal scheme (be aware: Medi-Cal, which is the state’s Medicaid program and which is open to legal California residents as nicely, is paid for by a combination of state and federal funds):

California is funneling billions of federal taxpayer {dollars} into paying for unlawful immigrants’ healthcare, a new research claims.

“They are exploiting an existing loophole within law,” Paul Winfree, president and CEO of the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), told Fox News Digital.

“States can do these provider taxes to funnel money back to the state, that they are then using to pay for, to put illegal immigrants on Medicaid. That’s quite literally what’s going on.”

An HHS Inspector General Report from May 2024 discovered that “California Improperly Claimed $52.7 Million in Federal Medicaid Reimbursement for Capitation Payments Made on Behalf of Noncitizens With Unsatisfactory Immigration Status.”

The money was allegedly paid back to the feds the next month.

Back to Newsom’s more latest boast, there have been some good sizzling takes on X in response:

I don’t fairly get how Trump is mendacity about Dems giving unlawful immigrants healthcare if Dems in America’s most populous state truly did it. https://t.co/cgcfG2kJNs

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) December 11, 2025

Plenty of issues with this tweet.

One that isn’t getting enough dialogue is that Gavin Newsom desires credit for taxpayer funded healthcare for unlawful immigrants… but desires to sound cheap on the border.

He doesn’t acknowledge how one helped trigger the other https://t.co/Yupozmvdhv

— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) December 12, 2025

“Proud” to be on the fallacious facet of a 70-30 issue. https://t.co/PR8gI03usF pic.twitter.com/cQSlnyBpaH

— Jack Pandol (@jackpandol) December 12, 2025

Gavin’s shopping for votes with federal funds.

— Burrito Queen (@Burrito_Queen7) December 12, 2025

RELATED: unlawfuls’ Free Healthcare Now Drives CA Ambulance Costs Up 382 Percent

Humiliated Gavin Newsom Walks Back Signature illegal Alien Benefit As Cold Reality Sets In

One factor that undoubtedly will come out of Newsom saying the quiet half out loud after Congressional Democrats repeatedly lied about their need to fund healthcare for unlawful immigrants is that this assertion goes to be used in GOP adverts during the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election marketing campaign season, where Newsom presumably will likely be a candidate himself:

There are about 5 normal election adverts that will come from this look alone.

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 12, 2025

Oh, I suspect there will likely be many more than that.

Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do the whole lot they’ll to intrude with and threaten ICE brokers implementing our immigration legal guidelines.

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