Republicans and their budget bill mock millions of men just trying to survive.

“Thirty-five-year-olds sitting at home playing video games, they’re gonna now have to go get a job — and by the way, that’s a good thing for them. Their mom doesn’t want them sitting in the basement playing video games anyway.”

That was the message from Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise — delivered with a smug grin, backed by the chuckles of the Republican peanut gallery — as they prepared to rip health care away from over 17 million Americans.

He wasn’t just mocking hypothetical “lazy” young men. He was mocking the real ones. Working-class men struggling with mental health, addiction, underemployment, or caretaking responsibilities — many of whom voted for Scalise and his party in the 2024 election believing they’d be lifted out of that basement, not shoved deeper into it.

But that’s the tell.

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