Some Healthcare Workers Actually Think Supporting Trump Makes Sense—Here’s Why That’s Absolutely Bonkers

Some Healthcare Workers Actually Think Supporting Trump Makes Sense—Here’s Why That’s Absolutely Bonkers

Brace yourselves, because here’s a take that might ruffle a few feathers: You can’t say you care about patients and then turn around and support the same administration that’s actively trying to make healthcare a dumpster fire.

Let’s be real. Healthcare workers who throw their support behind Trump are doing mental gymnastics that would make an Olympic coach weep. Here’s why:

• NIH funding? Gutted. That’s the National Institutes of Health, aka the folks researching cures for diseases like cancer.
  
  

• Medicaid? On the chopping block. That’s access to care for millions of low-income Americans.
  
  

• The VA? Undermined. Because clearly, veterans don’t need healthcare or support.
  
  

• The CDC? Oh, just a little thing called slashing funding in the middle of, you know, a pandemic.
  
  

Meanwhile, while hospitals were drowning in patients during COVID, Trump was busy suggesting people inject bleach. Remember that? “Maybe a little light inside the body”—like a punchline from a nightmare.

Anthony Fauci—yes, the guy Trump couldn’t wait to blame everything on—is a literal hero. The COVID vaccine? It saved millions. Millions.

So for healthcare workers out there still clinging to the fantasy that supporting Trump is somehow pro-patient: Congratulations, you played yourself. If you’re really about saving lives, maybe don’t back a guy who turns life-saving science into a punchline.

And here’s the slippery slope: If healthcare workers don’t hold the line on what’s good for patients, who will? Next thing you know, we’ll have hospital policies written by YouTubers and public health strategies inspired by social media trolls.

Care about patients? Then stop supporting policies that literally kill them.