{"id":1028439,"date":"2023-12-05T16:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028439"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:59:32","slug":"reminder-nikki-haley-is-hellbent-on-ending-social-security-and-medicare-as-we-know-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-nikki-haley-is-hellbent-on-ending-social-security-and-medicare-as-we-know-them\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: Nikki Haley Is Hellbent on Ending Social Security and Medicare As We Know Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you think Nikki Haley is a moderate, then you haven\u2019t been paying attention \u2014 but voters know better. Haley doesn\u2019t want to \u2018reform\u2019 Social Security, she wants to gut it. While Haley campaigns on ending Social Security and Medicare as we know them, threatening the health and financial security of America\u2019s seniors, voters are watching \u2014 they\u2019ve rejected this extreme, MAGAnomics agenda before and they\u2019ll do so again next November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikki Haley continues to campaign on ending Social Security and Medicare as we know them \u2014 ripping away essential programs America\u2019s seniors rely on. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cHaley has called for several changes to the nation\u2019s safety net programs,<\/strong> including increasing the age at which today\u2019s younger workers would become eligible for Social Security retirement benefits and limiting the growth of benefits the wealthy receive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNearly 67 million Americans have received monthly Social Security benefits this year, and more than 66 million people are enrolled in Medicare. Polling shows little support for major changes to the programs themselves<\/strong> to help shore up their finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA March CNN\/SSRS poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, for instance, found that 59% said it was \u2018essential\u2019 that the GOP nominee for president \u2018pledges to maintain Social Security and Medicare as they are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jen Psaki, MSNBC<\/a>: \u201c[Haley] wants to raise the retirement age for young people in particular, at a time when life expectancy in this country is dropping. \u2026 It’s also important to dig into what she says she would actually do as president. You might find it isn\u2019t so moderate after all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley has a consistent, extreme record of pushing devastating cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Ross Sorkin<\/a>: \u201cAre you on board with cutting entitlements in a big and meaningful way?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cSocial security goes bankrupt in 10 years, Medicare goes bankrupt in eight. Anyone that says they’re not going to take on entitlement reform means they’re going to go in and be president and leave the country bankrupt.<\/strong> You can’t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cRepublican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is proposing changes to entitlement programs for younger generations, opening the door to potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare if elected.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U. N. ambassador who is planning to announce her own presidential bid this month, 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<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cAny candidate that says they\u2019re not going to touch entitlements, means that they\u2019re basically going to go into office and leave America bankrupt. \u2026 We change retirement age to reflect life expectancy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cAs governor of South Carolina at the time, Nikki Haley praised the [Paul Ryan] fiscal blueprint for \u2018trying to bring common sense to this world of insanity.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley has repeatedly called for repealing the Affordable Care Act \u2014 which would rip away health care coverage from millions of Americans \u2014 and has also railed against Medicaid expansion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Heath<\/a>: \u201cThey’re going ahead and saying you would repeal the Affordable Care Act. Would you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cIt’s not about one small policy of, you know, Affordable Care Act. It’s about fixing the entire health care system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWe have fought Obamacare in South Carolina as much as we possibly could.<\/strong> We said no to the state exchanges. We said no to the Medicaid expansion. \u2026 They just turned and set every state back with this bill that we know did not work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWhen it came to Obamacare, we didn\u2019t just say \u2018no,\u2019 we said \u2018never.\u2019 \u2026 And we\u2019re going to keep on fighting until we get people like [Senator Tim Scott] and everybody else in Congress to defund Obamacare.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u201cWe would end a disastrous health care program<\/strong>, and replace it with reforms that lowered costs and actually let you keep your doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cHaley opposed efforts to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act<\/strong> (South Carolina remains just one of 11 states that hasn\u2019t expanded Medicaid to allow more Americans to have health insurance).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/a>: \u2018They\u2019re trying to throw Obamacare and tell us that we have to bust our budgets and expand Medicaid. \u2026 Not in South Carolina. As long as I am the governor of South Carolina, we will not expand Medicaid<\/strong> on President Obama\u2019s watch. We will not expand Medicaid ever.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley backs a national abortion ban and recently pledged her support for extreme abortion bans before many women know they\u2019re pregnant. <\/strong>
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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley Says She Would Have Signed Six-Week Abortion Ban as Governor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Vander Plaats<\/a>: \u201cIf you were governor of South Carolina and that came to your desk, would you sign the heartbeat bill?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cHaley, who \u2018often clashed with members of her party because she labeled them insufficiently conservative\u2019 on abortion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n