Column: Who’s lying about the GOP’s plans to cut Social Security? The GOP, of course
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Who’s lying about the GOP’s plans to cut Social Security? The GOP, of course

LA Times  

From left, GOP Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah jeer during the State of the Union address when President Biden accused Republicans of wanting to cut Social Security. Let’s examine the fiscal 2023 budget proposal issued by the Republican Study Committee, a key policy body, last June under the title “Blueprint to Save America.” This plan would increase the Social Security full retirement age, which today is 66 or 67, to 70 by 2040. Nearly 50% of all male workers, and nearly 52% of female workers, started receiving benefits prior to their full retirement age in 2021, according to data from the Social Security Administration. As for Medicare, the Republican Study Committee proposes raising the eligibility age, currently 65, so it matches the Social Security retirement age.

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Democrats Say DOGE Will Lead To Social Security Benefit Cuts, Privatization
3 days, 15 hours ago

Democrats Say DOGE Will Lead To Social Security Benefit Cuts, Privatization

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A key part of President Donald Trump’s victories in 2016 and 2024 was his ability to move the Republican Party away from its longstanding belief the United States needs to cut spending on Social Security and Medicare. “As I’ve been saying for weeks now, this approach is a prelude to privatizing Social Security and handing …

"We're not being honest": Sen. Curtis says GOP is deceiving voters about Social Security cuts
1 week ago

"We're not being honest": Sen. Curtis says GOP is deceiving voters about Social Security cuts

Salon  

Republicans are dancing around the third rail of American politics and at least one GOP lawmaker has had enough. During a stop by NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, accused his own party of playing dumb around potential cuts to Social Security. Curtis said he wouldn't go as far as Donald Trump adviser Elon Musk, who …

'A lie!' Speaker slams Dems as he claims 'zero' plan to cut Social Security and Medicaid
Trending News
2 weeks, 4 days ago

'A lie!' Speaker slams Dems as he claims 'zero' plan to cut Social Security and Medicaid

Raw Story  

House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed Democrats for "lying" about the House Republicans' funding bill that he claimed will pass the House on Tuesday. In a press conference from Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, Johnson declared "we'll have the votes" to pass the funding bill and avert a government shutdown. "They either have an issue with reading comprehension, or they are attempting …

Johnson insists Republicans won’t cut entitlements to pay for Trump’s agenda
1 month ago

Johnson insists Republicans won’t cut entitlements to pay for Trump’s agenda

CNN  

CNN — House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Wednesday that Republicans will not make cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security as they work to pass – and pay for – President Donald Trump’s sweeping legislative agenda. Now that said, what we are going to do is go into those programs and carve out the fraud, waste and abuse, and find …

Trump and the Republicans are taking your money the old-fashioned way: by stealing it
1 month ago

Trump and the Republicans are taking your money the old-fashioned way: by stealing it

Raw Story  

The Republicans have wanted to privatize Social Security and Medicare pretty much since the start of both safety-net programs. From the speaker’s podium, the minority leader said: Social Security and Medicare are not entitlement programs, they are earned benefits. Hardworking American taxpayers paid into Social Security and Medicare every day, every week, every month, every year, throughout their entire adult …

Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions
1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions

LA Times  

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening healthcare coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program. Weeks before Congress began debating those changes, Republican governors in Arkansas, Ohio and South Dakota were making moves to implement Medicaid work rules of their own, likely to be approved by …

GOP mulls 'politically difficult' plan to take massive ax to Medicaid: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

GOP mulls 'politically difficult' plan to take massive ax to Medicaid: report

Raw Story  

Republicans in the House of Representatives are reportedly plotting drastic cuts to Medicaid that Punchbowl News describes as a "politically difficult" plan to enact with their thin majority. While Republicans had previously pitched a block grant scheme that would cap Medicaid spending to save money to fund tax cuts, Punchbowl reported that "House GOP negotiators now believe they will have …

'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda
3 months, 1 week ago

'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda

Raw Story  

Rep. Jamie Raskin warned CNN's Jim Sciutto that Republicans could very well slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare in the next Congress — but Sciutto wanted to know what exactly Democrats plan to do about it. "So let's talk about what comes next, because Republicans in their private meeting, they made a handshake agreement to cut $2.5 trillion …

'They're coming for your Social Security': Alarms raised by new GOP funding plan
3 months, 1 week ago

'They're coming for your Social Security': Alarms raised by new GOP funding plan

Raw Story  

Alarms are being raised about new details of Republicans' new plan to keep the government open that experts say will inevitably involve cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Journalists and political insiders who know how congressional budget math works quickly reached the same conclusion: The $2.5 trillion in cuts will be impossible to achieve unless the GOP takes an ax …

'You guys suck': Irate MTG snatches Trump's Social Security promise and throws it on floor
3 months, 1 week ago

'You guys suck': Irate MTG snatches Trump's Social Security promise and throws it on floor

Raw Story  

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene literally threw President-elect Donald Trump's promise not to cut Social Security on the floor as she met with the House DOGE Caucus for the first time on Tuesday. As Greene was heading into a meeting with the caucus that will give recommendations to Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, she was confronted by advocate Alex Lawson, executive …

'Chomping at the bit': Analyst claims Republican just showed rush to slash Social Security
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Chomping at the bit': Analyst claims Republican just showed rush to slash Social Security

Raw Story  

Republicans are already revealing their eagerness to cut earned benefits for millions of Americans, if one House Republican is to be believed. In a recent interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Rep. Richard McCormick said that he aims to convince his fellow lawmakers that "hard decisions" need to be made about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid if his party …

'Have the stomach': Republican claims Dems need to back Social Security and Medicare cuts
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Have the stomach': Republican claims Dems need to back Social Security and Medicare cuts

Raw Story  

Rep. Richard McCormick told Fox Business that Republicans will desperately need help from Democrats if they intend to cut Social Security and Medicare — both of which are programs Democrats have historically supported. So, Trump's tax cuts and his mass deportation plan will result in adding almost as much as the entire government functioning for a year. "We're gonna have …

Column: Trump pledges not to cut Social Security. Here are the ways he could breach that promise
4 months ago

Column: Trump pledges not to cut Social Security. Here are the ways he could breach that promise

LA Times  

Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley explained to a congressional committee that the program’s caseload has expanded rapidly while staffing has hit a 50-year low. “There’s a very serious worry on the horizon,” Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley told Al Sharpton on MSNBC last weekend, “because Donald Trump’s policies would seriously reduce the fiscal health of Social Security. Let’s take a …

Democrats’ Surprisingly Simple Closing Message Against Donald Trump: The Issues
5 months ago

Democrats’ Surprisingly Simple Closing Message Against Donald Trump: The Issues

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s one of the most-aired ads of the 2024 election: Buddy, a Black man from Allentown, Pennsylvania, watches on a tablet as former President Donald Trump tells a crowd at a fundraiser: “I know about 20 of you, and you’re rich as hell. Kamala Harris is gonna make billionaires pay their fair share.” While rhetoric from Harris, …

GOP candidate suggests raising retirement age amid Social Security shortfall in new video
7 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP candidate suggests raising retirement age amid Social Security shortfall in new video

Raw Story  

Newly obtained video shows a Maryland Republican express support in 2020 for raising the retirement age to address a potential shortfall in Social Security benefits. Neil Parrott, who is running for Congress in Democratic Rep. David Trone's vacated seat, told the Washington County Chamber of Commerce that the country needs to consider raising the retirement age to address a looming …

GOP's attack on Americans' retirement savings just went to the next disgusting level
7 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP's attack on Americans' retirement savings just went to the next disgusting level

Raw Story  

It will come as no surprise to the regulars around here that I have soured to the point where I can barely pucker up to the work being done by our corporate, national media these days. This one needs some stubborn attention and sharing, though, so let’s begin … Headline: INSURANCE LOBBYISTS BLOCK FEDERAL CRACKDOWN ON COSTLY RETIREMENT ADVICE It’s …

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a ‘measure of good news’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a ‘measure of good news’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report Monday. Meanwhile, Social Security’s trust funds — which cover old age and disability recipients — will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2035, …

Column: Social Security is again in the crosshairs of a GOP budget, even though a long-term fix would be simple
1 year ago

Column: Social Security is again in the crosshairs of a GOP budget, even though a long-term fix would be simple

LA Times  

House Speaker Mike Johnson : His caucus makes no secret about what it intends to do with government services, and it’s not pretty. That brings us to the Republican Study Committee’s prescriptions for Social Security and the other major benefit programs, Medicare and Medicaid. The committee members grouse about how Social Security has expanded since it was originally signed into …

Social Security, Medicare, and 2024: House Republicans proposed wildly unpopular cuts to entitlement programs—and President Biden pounced.
55 years, 2 months ago

Social Security, Medicare, and 2024: House Republicans proposed wildly unpopular cuts to entitlement programs—and President Biden pounced.

Slate  

Does Joe Biden have a little momentum? Recently, both Trump and Republican members of Congress have generously taken to making Biden’s case for him—grabbing the third rail of American politics with both hands by pledging to cut beloved entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. It calls for raising the eligibility age for Social Security, a major benefit cut; overhauling …

Renowned economist predicts Trump will 'wreck' Social Security if he wins
1 year ago

Renowned economist predicts Trump will 'wreck' Social Security if he wins

Raw Story  

During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump vowed not to cut Social Security if he won the election. Krugman continued, "It clearly signaled Democrats' vision for the future — in particular, their belief that we can preserve the solvency of Social Security and Medicare by raising taxes on high incomes rather than by cutting benefits. President George W. Bush proposed privatizing …

'Social Security is on the ballot,' say advocates as Trump threatens cuts
1 year ago

'Social Security is on the ballot,' say advocates as Trump threatens cuts

Raw Story  

With U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed 2025 budget released by the White House Monday just after former President Donald Trump issued his latest threat to slash Social Security and other safety net programs, economic justice groups said the choice between the two 2024 candidates could not be clearer. While Trump's answer was "largely gibberish," according to former National Economic Council …

Biden Has 4 Terse Words For Republicans Who Want To Cut Medicare
1 year ago

Biden Has 4 Terse Words For Republicans Who Want To Cut Medicare

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden took aim at any Republicans seeking to roll back social services, including Medicare and the protections under the Affordable Care Act, during a fervent State of the Union address on Thursday evening. In an impassioned moment of his speech, Biden vowed to protect Social Security and health care benefits for seniors, adding that the …

Trump Endorses Texas Republican Who’s Open To Raising Taxes, Overhauling Social Security
1 year ago

Trump Endorses Texas Republican Who’s Open To Raising Taxes, Overhauling Social Security

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Despite saying often he opposes cutting Social Security and Medicare, and raising taxes, former President Donald Trump has endorsed a Republican House candidate who’s been pushing a commission that could do both of those things. On his social media site, Trump reposted a message from late January, in which he endorsed Arrington as “working hard to Cut …

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy
1 year, 2 months ago

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy

NPR  

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The classic …

Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit is still a multi-decade challenge for US government
1 year, 9 months ago

Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit is still a multi-decade challenge for US government

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Even with the new spending restraints in the debt limit deal that cut borrowing by $1.5 trillion, the U.S. government’s deficits are still on course to keep climbing to record levels over the next few decades. “This debt limit agreement is shaking out to be a political face-saving deal without much substance in terms of changing the U.S. …

Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade
1 year, 11 months ago

Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on — and millions more young people are counting on — will run short of money to pay full benefits within the next decade, the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Friday warns. Social Security’s disability trust fund is in much better shape — it’s not expected …

Pence seeks ‘common sense’ Social Security, Medicare reform
2 years ago

Pence seeks ‘common sense’ Social Security, Medicare reform

Associated Press  

As he mulls a 2024 presidential bid, former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for “common sense and compassionate solutions” to reform entitlement programs and the nation’s debt burden, suggesting changes to Social Security and Medicare programs hurtling toward insolvency, particularly for younger generations, without naming specific recommendations. “It’ll just take courage to do it, and that’s where your …

Biden says his budget plan would extend Medicare to 2050 without adding to the deficit
2 years ago

Biden says his budget plan would extend Medicare to 2050 without adding to the deficit

NPR  

Biden says his budget plan would extend Medicare to 2050 without adding to the deficit Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Biden is proposing a tax increase for people who make more than $400,000 to extend the life of Medicare for another 25 years, highlighting a major element of his …

Social Security and Medicare: Troubling math, tough politics
2 years, 1 month ago

Social Security and Medicare: Troubling math, tough politics

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits. CBO Director Phillip Swagel said Friday at a Bipartisan Policy Center event that “benefits today are being paid in full as promised, drawing down on the Social Security trust fund.” But when the government is unable to pay full benefits, “that’s a challenge,” he said. The …

The GOP is coming for your Social Security and Medicare
2 years, 1 month ago

The GOP is coming for your Social Security and Medicare

Raw Story  

They are coming for it following an election in which they notably failed to tell voters they were coming for it, and sometimes denied outright that they were. Washington Senator Patty Murray, for example, said the Republicans were planning to end Social Security and Medicare. “This is yet another example in which Democrats strain to conjure up a nonexistent GOP …

Republicans Could Target Medicaid Benefits If They Don't Touch Medicare And Social Security
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Could Target Medicaid Benefits If They Don't Touch Medicare And Social Security

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. “The assumption that there is lots of easy money to save is wrong, something I learned running a state Medicaid program.” - Drew Altman, KFF There’s a saying in politics that poor programs remain poor, and there’s a lot of truth to that. KFF “The assumption that there …

In GOP-held Florida, Biden vows no cuts to Social Security
2 years, 1 month ago

In GOP-held Florida, Biden vows no cuts to Social Security

Associated Press  

TAMPA, Florida — With an eye toward the 2024 campaign, President Joe Biden took direct aim at Republicans who have floated cuts to Social Security and Medicare — telling an audience in Florida on Thursday that he would create a “nightmare” for anyone who dreamed of trying them. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Louisville’s 840 WHAS on Thursday …

"It's just a bad idea": McConnell slams Rick Scott proposal to sunset Medicare and Social Security
2 years, 1 month ago

"It's just a bad idea": McConnell slams Rick Scott proposal to sunset Medicare and Social Security

Salon  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., slammed Sen. Rick Scott's, R-Fla., plan to sunset all federal programs, including Medicare and Social Security, days after President Joe Biden dubbed it the Republican Party's plan at the State of the Union. When asked about the provision that would require Social Security and Medicare to be reauthorized every five years, McConnell told longtime …

Watch: Biden addresses social security and medicare in Tampa
2 years, 1 month ago

Watch: Biden addresses social security and medicare in Tampa

The Independent  

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Kevin McCarthy's face-plant: The new GOP speaker is not the negotiation ninja he thinks he is
2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin McCarthy's face-plant: The new GOP speaker is not the negotiation ninja he thinks he is

Raw Story  

After being forced into submission by people like Donald Trump and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., one would think Speaker Kevin McCarthy would have downgraded his own self-assessment as a master negotiator. Axios described Biden as "baiting Republicans to agree with his push to protect Medicare and Social Security." As Tara Golshan at Vanity Fair pointed out in a lengthy Twitter …

Kevin McCarthy's Medicare faceplant
2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin McCarthy's Medicare faceplant

Raw Story  

As I explained in the Standing Room Only newsletter, McCarthy's strategy seems to be to threaten to force the U.S. into debt default and simply let Biden intuit the ransom McCarthy would like paid, i.e. Axios described Biden as "baiting Republicans to agree with his push to protect Medicare and Social Security." As Tara Golshan at Vanity Fair pointed out …

Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security, the GOP howls of protest during his State of the Union address showcased a striking apparent turnaround for the party that built a brand for years trying to do just that. The record ranges from President George W. Bush’s ideas about privatizing Social Security …

Biden promises to defend social programmes in Florida speech
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden promises to defend social programmes in Florida speech

Al Jazeera  

Biden has accused members of the Republican Party of threatening to cut programmes like Medicare and Social Security. “I signed the Inflation Reduction Act and took on the most powerful interest we’ve been fighting for years, pharma, to bring down healthcare costs so you can have a better night’s sleep.” The Tampa speech comes as Biden travels to key swing …

Republicans are raging against Biden for exposing their radical agenda
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans are raging against Biden for exposing their radical agenda

Salon  

As elected officials gear up for hotly contested elections in 2024, congressional Democrats are reacting with glee as Pres. "It's not difficult to find statements and proposals from prominent Republicans, including Senator Scott, that would cut or sunset entirely Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid," Rochester told TYT. "A lot of Republicans — their dream is to cut Social Security and …

Republicans Are Angry at Joe Biden for Accurately Describing Plan to Sunset Social Security
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Are Angry at Joe Biden for Accurately Describing Plan to Sunset Social Security

Slate  

In early 2022, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the Republican Senate campaign arm, released what he called an “11 Point Plan to Save America.” One year later, one specific dim element of that plan—a proposal that all laws, including Social Security and Medicare, would expire in five years unless reapproved—is still coming back to haunt Republicans. “I’m politely …

Biden doubles down on attacks over GOP’s ‘dream’ to cut Social Security and Medicare
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden doubles down on attacks over GOP’s ‘dream’ to cut Social Security and Medicare

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When Mr Biden spoke in the House chamber …

Republicans Applaud Biden On Social Security During State Of The Union
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Applaud Biden On Social Security During State Of The Union

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden engaged in something of a live negotiation with congressional Republicans during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night — and the two sides even seemed to agree. But for the past two weeks, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made definitive statements that Republicans “won’t touch” Social Security or Medicare as …

Republicans erupted at Biden’s SOTU remarks on Social Security and Medicare. But these lawmakers have proposed cuts
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans erupted at Biden’s SOTU remarks on Social Security and Medicare. But these lawmakers have proposed cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans -- some Republicans …

CNN host smacks down Republican's claim that no one wants to cut Social Security
2 years, 1 month ago

CNN host smacks down Republican's claim that no one wants to cut Social Security

Raw Story  

Rep. Byron Donalds tried to claim that no Republicans wanted to cut Social Security during an appearance on CNN Wednesday, but he was quickly called out by host Kaitlan Collins. While discussing President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, Donalds accused Biden of creating a "fallacy" that the GOP had plans to cut Social Security and Medicare. she said, …

Biden's State Of The Union Speech Shows This Isn't Your Father's Democratic Party
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden's State Of The Union Speech Shows This Isn't Your Father's Democratic Party

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden, when describing the wacky and extreme element of the modern GOP, has long leaned on a simple phrase: “This isn’t your father’s Republican Party.” His State of the Union address, delivered Tuesday night, had a slightly different message, this time about his side of the aisle: “This isn’t your father’s Democratic Party. It’s your …

AOC and Sanders call McCarthy’s bluff on Social Security and Medicare cuts
2 years, 1 month ago

AOC and Sanders call McCarthy’s bluff on Social Security and Medicare cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders both called House …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Shouts 'Liar' At Joe Biden During State Of The Union
2 years, 1 month ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Shouts 'Liar' At Joe Biden During State Of The Union

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted “liar” as Republicans erupted at President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening when he said they wanted to cut popular retirement benefits. “Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years,” Biden said during his State of the Union …

Biden White House blasts Manchin-GOP push for Social Security "death panel"
2 years, 1 month ago

Biden White House blasts Manchin-GOP push for Social Security "death panel"

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The Biden White House made clear on Monday that it opposes the creation of commissions to devise changes—and possible cuts—to Social Security and other U.S. trust funds, rejecting an idea embraced by Republicans and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin amid a dangerous standoff over the nation's debt ceiling. In a statement to Bloomberg Government, …

CNN host fact-checks GOP claim that no one wants to cut Social Security: "Rick Scott said that!"
2 years, 1 month ago

CNN host fact-checks GOP claim that no one wants to cut Social Security: "Rick Scott said that!"

Salon  

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., tried to claim that no Republicans wanted to cut Social Security during an appearance on CNN Wednesday, but he was quickly called out by host Kaitlan Collins. While discussing President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, Donalds accused Biden of creating a "fallacy" that the GOP had plans to cut Social Security and Medicare. she …

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