Hall’s baseless Rx Kids attack betrays Michigan’s most vulnerable, which seems to be the point

By: Jon King

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 642

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall’s latest broadside against the Rx Kids program is more than a political attack. It is a revealing display of just how far Michigan Republicans are willing to go to undermine real solutions that help vulnerable children and families, all in order to score cheap political points.

At a press conference Wednesday, Hall dismissed Rx Kids as a “scam,” spun conspiracy theories about “Soros-backed groups” (itself an antisemitic talking …

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