Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., criticized President Donald Trump’s multimillion-dollar military parade held Saturday in Washington, slamming the event’s price tag and tying it to GOP-led Medicaid cuts in the latest spending bill, The Hill reported.

“As tanks roll down PA. Ave and planes streak above, remember this is all courtesy of the taxpayers,” Raskin wrote in a post on X.

The parade, which commemorated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, was also timed to coincide with the president’s 79th birthday. According to the Army, the event featured a public display of tanks and weapons from World War II and is expected to cost between $25 million and $45 million.

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