Reaction to Donald Trump’s Medicare op-ed in USA TODAY show democracy in action
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Debate spurred by president’s opinion piece gave both sides the opportunity to speak out on key issue in midterm elections.
Last week, the Trump administration reached out to the USA TODAY Opinion team to publish an opinion from the president, criticizing the Democrats’ proposal for a government-funded, single-payer health care system known as “Medicare for All.”
Trump’s original op-ed was fact-checked and edited by USA TODAY and then sent back for review and revision. Trump’s representatives accepted the changes, and the op-ed ran Wednesday.
The piece generated negative headlines: Critics said we let the president publish falsehoods. Many readers responded aghast that we would give the president — a harsh critic of the news media — a platform. But we also had readers who thanked us for taking the high road and giving the president a platform — in spite of his demagoguery.
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