From “catastrophe” to “nothing ‘beautiful,” Illinois Democrats on Tuesday slammed the Senate passage of President Donald Trump’s tax bill that would lead to 500,000 Illinoisans losing their health care coverage.

As the measure heads back to the House for approval, Democratic activists are now focusing their efforts on the three Republican members of the Illinois delegation, despite their allegiances to Trump: Reps. Mary Miller, Darin LaHood and Mike Bost. House leaders have said they still want to clear the measure by Trump’s self-imposed Fourth of July deadline.

And in LaHood’s 16th Congressional District, the group Protect Our Care Illinois traveled through his central Illinois district with mobile billboards that read, “Over 24,000 people in our community will lose health care coverage.” According to the group, 139,474 people in the district are enrolled in Medicaid and 29,012 residents rely on SNAP.

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