{"id":1025165,"date":"2023-08-14T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025165"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:45:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:45:36","slug":"on-the-88th-anniversary-of-social-security-2024-republicans-are-still-campaigning-on-cutting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-the-88th-anniversary-of-social-security-2024-republicans-are-still-campaigning-on-cutting-it\/","title":{"rendered":"On the 88th Anniversary of Social Security, 2024 Republicans Are STILL Campaigning on Cutting It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the 88th anniversary of Social Security becoming law, here\u2019s your reminder that MAGA Republicans running for president are campaigning on slashing Social Security \u2014  an essential program America\u2019s seniors rely on. 

Take it from the candidates themselves: 2024 Republicans would try to cut Social Security if they were elected president. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CNN<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump<\/strong> once backed raising the retirement age to 70 and called for privatizing Social Security which he called a \u2018Ponzi scheme\u2019 \u2013 two positions he has hammered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for supporting as a former member of Congress and congressional candidate. \u2026 The campaign has also cited DeSantis\u2019 praise of Paul Ryan\u2019s budget plans during his 2012 congressional campaign with comments that expressed support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare \u2013 but a CNN KFile review found Trump himself also once praised Ryan on Medicare, along with the 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, without praising their specific policy proposal, which called for similar changes to Ryan\u2019s plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Yahoo News<\/a>: \u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/strong>, widely considered to be Trump\u2019s chief competitor for the nomination at the moment \u2014 if he decides to get in the race \u2014 regularly supported increasing the retirement age for Social Security when he was in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Pence<\/a>: \u201cI think we can replace the New Deal programs \u2026 to give options to younger Americans to invest a portion of their Social Security in a private savings account.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Scott<\/a>: \u201cWe also have to look at the overall entitlement state of our nation. \u2026 In order for us to tame the tiger, we\u2019re going to have to take a serious look at the overall entitlement state that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley<\/strong>, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador \u2026 also praised Ryan\u2019s Medicare proposal at the time and said lawmakers should examine Medicare and Social Security spending to address federal debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018What they need to be doing is looking at entitlements,\u2019 Haley said in a 2010 interview on Fox News. \u2018Look at Social Security. Look at Medicaid. Look at Medicare. Look at these things, and let\u2019s actually go to the heart of what is causing government to grow, and tackle that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 88th anniversary of Social Security becoming law, here\u2019s your reminder that MAGA Republicans running for president are campaigning on slashing Social Security \u2014  an essential program America\u2019s seniors rely on.  Take it from the candidates themselves: 2024 Republicans would try to cut Social Security if they were elected president.  CNN: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump once […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the 88th Anniversary of Social Security, 2024 Republicans Are STILL Campaigning on Cutting It - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-the-88th-anniversary-of-social-security-2024-republicans-are-still-campaigning-on-cutting-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-14T16:45:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-the-88th-anniversary-of-social-security-2024-republicans-are-still-campaigning-on-cutting-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-the-88th-anniversary-of-social-security-2024-republicans-are-still-campaigning-on-cutting-it\/\",\"name\":\"On the 88th Anniversary of Social Security, 2024 Republicans Are STILL Campaigning on Cutting It - 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