Democrats hammer GOP on Medicaid after weeks of turmoil

• Democrats are now trying to turn their attention back to what has been giving them and their grassroots allies juice since January: Republicans' planned reconciliation bill.
• Republicans will likely have to pare down Medicaid spending to reach the spending cuts they need to pass roughly $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.

State of play: The Democratic Policy and Communications Committee — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) messaging arm — sent guidance to House offices urging them to hold Day of Action events.

• The messaging alert includes talking points, such as: "Republicans want to cut Medicaid to give their billionaire donors yet another tax break. Democrats are fighting to save Medicaid and protect Americans' care."
• It also directs offices to a microsite and fact-sheets on the topic.

Driving the news: Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) kicked off the day with a joint statement vowing to "oppose the largest Medicaid cut in American history."

• Jeffries also held a press conference with Congressional Black Caucus chair Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), saying Democrats will do "everything we have to do to stop these cuts from ever taking effect."
• Numerous other Democrats across the country held similar events promising to protect Medicaid.