We’ll return to the post title in a bit, but another day, another instance of Trump and Republican awfulness (boldface mine):

Every Monday, Maurine Gentis, a retired teacher, waits for a delivery from Meals on Wheels South Texas.

“The meals help stretch my budget,” Ms. Gentis, 77, said. Living alone and in a wheelchair, she appreciates having someone look in on her regularly. The same group, a nonprofit, delivers books from the library and dry food for her cat…

Theo W. Braddy, the executive director for the National Council on Independent Living, which represents the centers and people with disabilities, said the uncertainty has upended planning.

“Everybody is on edge. We can’t tell them anything because we don’t know anything yet,” he said, adding that no one from the Trump administration or H.H.S. has attempted to contact the group with updates…

Community groups like Meals on Wheels are bracing for significant cuts. In addition to the potential loss of funding from the Administration for Community Living, Republican lawmakers are proposing reducing grants to states that use another stream of federal funding. The Trump administration and Republicans are also pushing for significant cuts to the Medicaid program, which provides heath care coverage for low-income Americans.

“We’re concerned about a number of potential threats happening all at once,” said Josh Protas, the chief advocacy and policy officer for Meals on Wheels America, an association of the local nonprofits. About a third of the association’s local units already have waiting lists, he said, and lower funding would result in fewer meals for fewer people.

This is nothing new for Republicans–eighteen years ago (not a typo), some asshole with a blog noted that Virginia governor and one time Republican rising star George “Macawitz” Allen opposed Meals on Wheels.

I realize that many people didn’t start getting interested in politics until around 2015, but this sort of cruelty and disdain for the elderly is nothing new for the Republican Party. Trump is a fascist, but the cruelty predates the fascist capitulation of the Republican Party.