¶ President Trump And Speaker Johnson Both Endorsed Casey Askar For Congress
Trump Endorsed Askar For Congress, Claiming Askar “Will Never Let You Down.” According to a post from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account,
[Truth Social, @realDonaldTrump, 9/1/26]
Speaker Mike Johnson Endorsed Askar For Congress, Claiming Askar Would Help “Grow Our House Republican Majority And Continue Our American Comeback.” According to a post from Speaker Mike Johnson’s on Twitter,
[Twitter, @MikeJohnson, 9/2/26]
¶ Askar Claimed To Be A “Strong, Loyal Ally Of President Trump” Who Has “Always Voted, Supported, Donated To President Trump”
Askar Claimed He Was A “Strong, Loyal Ally Of President Trump” Who Has “Always Voted, Supported, Donated To President Trump.” According to a video posted by Casey Askar, “ASKAR: I’m a strong, loyal ally of President Trump. I’ve always voted, supported, donated to President Trump.” [Casey Askar, YouTube, 7/20/26] (video)
¶ May 2025: Trump And Johnson Fought For Passage Of The “Big Beautiful Bill,” Which Would Trigger Nearly $500 Billion In Medicare Cuts
May 2025: Johnson Reached Agreements With Conservative And Moderate Republicans With Help From Donald Trump Before Passing The Sweeping Budget Bill. According to the Guardian, "The biggest obstacle the bill faces is disputes among Republicans themselves. In the days leading up to the vote, Johnson had to reach agreements with lawmakers representing Democratic-led states who demanded a bigger deduction for state and local taxes (Salt). He also had to woo moderates wary of cutting too deeply into safety net programs and rightwing lawmakers demanding more cost savings. The speaker appears to have bridged those divides, aided by a visit to the Capitol from Trump on Tuesday. Moderates backed down after some cuts were nixed, while lawmakers who held out over Salt won an enlarged tax break. Johnson also managed to corral most fiscal conservatives, but acknowledged: ‘There was a few moments over the last week when it looked like the thing might fall apart.’" [Guardian, 5/22/25]
May 2025: The Passage Of The Budget Bill Was A “Triumphant Moment For Johnson,” Who Got The Bill Passed With A Singular Vote Margin. According to ABC News, "A smiling Speaker Mike Johnson announced the massive measure passed by a single vote -- 215-214 -- and was greeted with applause. He had struggled to get it done -- as he had promised -- by Memorial Day, before lawmakers go on recess. The sweeping package of tax cuts, Medicaid reform and immigration spending delivers on many of the president's domestic campaign promises. Following debate that stretched Wednesday through the entire night and into early Thursday morning, the vote was a triumphant moment for Johnson, who conquered sharp divisions among his conference ‘through a lot of prayer’ amid a historically low 3-vote majority." [ABC News, 5/22/25]
- HEADLINE: "Trump And GOP’s Tax Bill Would Force Cuts To Medicare, CBO Says" [Washington Post, 5/21/25]
- The Congressional Budget Office Estimated That The House Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Trigger Nearly $500 Billion In Cuts To Medicare. According to a letter the Congressional Budget Office sent to Rep. Brendan Boyle, "Today the Congressional Budget Office transmitted an estimate of the budgetary effects of the 2025 reconciliation bill, as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025. 1 CBO has not yet completed estimates of the effects of interactions among the titles of the legislation. This letter responds to your questions concerning the sequestration (the cancellation of budgetary resources) in accordance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (S-PAYGO) that would occur if an enacted bill raised deficits by $2.3 trillion over 10 years. Under S-PAYGO, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to maintain 5- and 10-year scorecards that it updates with the estimated cumulative changes in revenues and outlays generated by newly enacted legislation. […] The 4 percent maximum reduction in Medicare spending would apply to sequestration orders for years after 2026. If OMB ordered a sequestration of $230 billion for each year through 2034, the ordered reductions in Medicare spending would increase to about $75 billion in 2034 and would total roughly $490 billion over the 2027–2034 period." [Letter to Rep. Brendan Boyle – Congressional Budget Office, 5/20/25]
¶ 5.2 Million Floridians Relied On Medicare
2025: 5,237,194 People In Florida Relied On Medicare Coverage. According to FLhealthcharts.gov,
[FLhealthcharts.gov – Medicaid Enrollment, Viewed 8/27/26]