Top Finance Dem Posts Photo of Trump Budget in Recycling Bin

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee bashed President Donald Trump's budget proposal, tweeting a picture of it in a recycling bin Tuesday afternoon.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., launched into the plan in a series of tweets, comparing it to the work of Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff.

This is where the #TrumpBudget belongs. pic.twitter.com/5YtP39OPVx

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

#TrumpBudget is brainless. It is heartless. And it relies on Madoff-style accounting tricks.

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

#TrumpBudget is a giveaway to special interests at the expense of kids, working families & seniors.

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

#TrumpBudget cuts care for kids under bipartisan program (CHIP) that provides health insurance for 8 million+ kids. KIDS. Unbelievably cruel

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

#TrumpBudget slashes #Medicaid by over $600 billion, putting kids' care & seniors' nursing home benefit on the chopping block.

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

It cuts $33 BILLION from #Medicare. Which Trump promised not to touch. pic.twitter.com/Z4UJonDYQN

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

A budget = priorities. With #TrumpBudget, Trump's made it even clearer what his are: special interests not working families.

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) May 23, 2017

Wyden, also a member of the Senate Budget Committee, said in a statement that the budget would disproportionately harm low-income and disabled Americans who rely on federal support.

"Here's the bottom line: this budget is more than numbers on a ledger — it's an assault on the fundamental idea that Americans should be there for one another when it counts," he said, according to The Hill.

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