This is hardball: Trump and Republicans bolster red states, punish blue

Political fights from health care to climate change in the Trump era increasingly look like the election itself: a raw battle for resources and advantage between red and blue states.

Since gaining control of Washington, President Trump and Republicans in Congress have pushed an array of policies that tend to punish states that voted Democratic in last year’s presidential election.

California and other traditionally blue states are scrambling to fight back however they can, pushing state-level legislation and turning to the courts to try to halt policies that Democratic leaders see as hostile to their constituents.

One particularly striking example emerged in the current health-care debate. Analyses of a Senate bill embraced by Trump showed starkly disparate effects on funding levels in red and blue states. Fourteen of the 15 states that would benefit were won by Trump, while 11 of the biggest 15 losers are states he lost. A newer version of the bill unveiled Monday would shower extra benefits on conservative states such as Alaska to appeal to wavering senators.

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