Republicans called out for trying to distance themselves from Rick Scott's Social Security and Medicare plan
Raw StoryRepublicans have been rushing to distance themselves from a plan put forward during the last election by Sen. Rick Scott, which calls for raising taxes on the poor and "sunsetting" Social Security and Medicare every five years, ever since President Joe Biden called it out at the State of the Union Address earlier this week. But, noted CNN's Abby Phillip in a panel on "The Lead" Friday, one reason it's hard for Republicans to claim Rick Scott's "Rescue America" proposal isn't their plan, is that they haven't actually proposed a plan of their own to cut spending — even as they threaten to hold the debt ceiling hostage to demand cuts during upcoming budget talks. "President biden, during the State of the Union Address, accurately said some Republicans wanted to sunset Social Security and Medicare, which is what Rick Scott proposed," said anchor Jake Tapper. " "It would be one thing if they were saying, this is Rick Scott's plan but we have a whole other plan," said Phillip.
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