Democrats are preparing to use Elon Musk and Medicaid as two lightning rods in the 2026 midterms, a new ad campaign suggests.

Donald Trump said he would "love and cherish" Medicaid. He's endorsed a House GOP proposal that would likely gut the program.

Democratic governors held a press conference on Tuesday, sounding the alarm on Trump’s threat to Medicaid and signaling a Democratic messaging priority.

Speaking at a POLITICO event, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure suggested that Elon Musk and his team don't have sufficient expertise in Medicare.

Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said she is concerned with the speed at which Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is scrapping federal programs to cut costs.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Meet the Press says cuts to federal entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are off the table but “we need to target” any “waste and abuse” Elon Musk finds.

Republican Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) went on CNN comedy show “Have I Got News For You” Saturday — and found himself in enemy territory. The frequent supporter of Donald Trump was the recipient of multiple barbs as the panel discussed the president’s first month in office and Elon Musk-led slashing of the government workforce.

Any that takes place appears to be of the small change, one-person-at-a-time sort, not the larger-scale continuing issues at Medicaid and Medicare.

Every single member of Congress must publicly pledge that they will keep the promises Trump made on the campaign trail to not cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.  The only efficiency Elon Musk cares about is how efficiently he can take your money to line his own pockets.

Though the bill doesn’t explicitly call for Medicaid cuts, even Republicans have admitted there are few other ways to make the math work. Get daily updates on the Packers during the season.

Senator Bernie Sanders ripped into Elon Musk for claiming Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. The Vermont senator told Meet The Press that Musk's comments were outrageous and false since Social Security has been paying its responsibilities for 80 straight years.