{"id":1294,"date":"2017-05-05T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/05\/trump-spends-taxpayer-dollars-on-golf-over-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:57:00","slug":"trump-spends-taxpayer-dollars-on-golf-over-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-spends-taxpayer-dollars-on-golf-over-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Spends Taxpayer Dollars On Golf Over Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div lang=\"EN-US\" link=\"blue\" vlink=\"#954F72\">\n<div class=\"m_1056475378514609074WordSection1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Donald Trump will once again spend the weekend at a Trump-branded property. Trump tweeted that he was saving the country money by staying at his Bedminster golf course, but that&rsquo;s a lie. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The truth is Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago resort, which he dubbed the &ldquo;Winter White House&rdquo; and has spent almost half his weekends as President at, is closing for the season. Trump has already spent one third of his presidency at his for-profit properties, costing taxpayers more than $20 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">While Trump wastes taxpayer dollars to promote his brand, millions of Americans sit in fear of losing their coverage from his disastrous healthcare bill. People&rsquo;s lives are at stake. Trump should pay for healthcare, not golf and trips to country clubs he owns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Here are a few things Trump might want to think about while he&rsquo;s at his private quarters or out on the golf course:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1056475378514609074MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">24 million Americans will be stripped of healthcare coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1056475378514609074MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Planned Parenthood will be defunded, making it more difficult for millions of women to access critical health services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1056475378514609074MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Premiums on older Americans will skyrocket. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1056475378514609074MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Individuals with pre-existing conditions could be subject to faulty and expensive high-risk pools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1056475378514609074MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Insurance companies will be able institute lifetime limits on coverage, even on those with chronic illnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Donald Trump will once again spend the weekend at a Trump-branded property. Trump tweeted that he was saving the country money by staying at his Bedminster golf course, but that&rsquo;s a lie. The truth is Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago resort, which he dubbed the &ldquo;Winter White House&rdquo; and has spent almost half his weekends as President <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Spends Taxpayer Dollars On Golf Over Healthcare - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-spends-taxpayer-dollars-on-golf-over-healthcare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-05T17:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-spends-taxpayer-dollars-on-golf-over-healthcare\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-spends-taxpayer-dollars-on-golf-over-healthcare\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Spends Taxpayer Dollars On Golf Over Healthcare - 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