“Democrats punished those who asked questions, as KCRA 3 noted:

During a line of questioning in an Assembly budget hearing last month, Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-Riverside, asked about the expense. Newsom's Department of Finance said the state is estimated to spend $9.5 billion to provide Medi-Cal to undocumented people…

DeMaio criticized the expense, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas eventually removed him from the committee weeks later.”

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