ST. PAUL, Minn. – The leader of the Minnesota Hiuse painted a grim picture for the state if the Trump federal budget makes it through Congress. Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, called the Trump budget “disastrous” because the Minneosta leans heavily on federal dollars for roads and many programs like Medicaid assistance for people who can’t afford health insurance. The Trump plan, she said, “will gut Medicaid to give trillions in tax cuts to big corporations and the ultra-wealthy.” Hortman did not mince words: “The chaos, cruelty and incompetence we’re seeing from the Trump/Musk administration and Republican Congress are harmful, and the impacts will be felt across our state.”
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Hortman. Minnesota House speaker. In Legislature since 2003.