{"id":1028488,"date":"2023-12-08T15:49:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028488"},"modified":"2024-05-16T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:18:37","slug":"trump-teams-up-with-maga-republicans-who-want-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-teams-up-with-maga-republicans-who-want-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Teams Up With MAGA Republicans Who Want To Gut Social Security and Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump this week endorsing Rick Scott and receiving an endorsement from Kevin Hern, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump is teaming up with MAGA extremists Kevin Hern and Rick Scott,  two of the biggest champions of cutting Social Security and Medicare in Congress, and their support for Trump is no accident \u2014 Trump proposed cuts to Medicare and Social Security programs every single year he was in office and promised to pursue cuts to these programs again if he gets another chance. Trump and MAGA Republicans\u2019 continued efforts to rip away Social Security and Medicare from hardworking Americans is deeply unpopular and dangerous, and voters will continue to reject MAGA Republicans\u2019 ploy at the ballot box next November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Donald Trump received an endorsement from Kevin Hern and endorsed Rick Scott \u2014 two of his MAGA allies who are hellbent on ending Social Security and Medicare as we know them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mica Soellner, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201cRSC Chair Kevin Hern endorses Trump after last night\u2019s debate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump endorses Rick Scott for re-election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump owns his record of proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security programs in EVERY SINGLE ONE of his budgets. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cTrump said he wouldn\u2019t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As president, Trump even admitted that he would pursue cuts to Medicare and Social Security programs if he were to have a second term in office. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediaite<\/a> on Trump\u2019s March 2020 Remarks: \u201cDuring a Fox News town hall, President Donald Trump promised to cut entitlements like Medicare and Social Security if were to win a second term. \u2026 \u2018But if you don\u2019t cut something in entitlements, you will never really deal with the debt,\u2019 town hall co-moderator Martha MacCallum interjected, alluding to social safety programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. \u2018Oh, we\u2019ll be cutting,\u2019 Trump rushed to confirm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Review<\/a>: \u201cSpeaking with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump was asked whether he would cut entitlements at some point. \u2018Will entitlements ever be on your plate?\u2019 asked interviewer Joe Kernen. \u2018At some point they will be,\u2019 Trump responded. \u2018At the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that\u2019s the easiest of all things [to cut].\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has a yearslong record of coming after these programs \u2014 he made calls to privatize Social Security and even praised Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as they pushed plans to end Medicare as we know it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump 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 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\n\n\n

Hern is the chair of the ultra-conservative Republican Study Committee, which has pushed extreme proposals to slash Social Security and Medicare. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cThese days, the RSC is best known around Washington as a GOP policy shop responsible for crafting proposals to balance the federal budget, often through changes and cuts to Social Security and Medicare.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semafor<\/a>: \u201cA new budget proposal from the largest House GOP faction is reigniting a battle over the future of Social Security and Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor Medicare, it would begin offering seniors assistance to help buy private health coverage that competes against government insurance plans; it would also gradually raise the Social Security eligibility age to 69 for those who aren\u2019t close to retiring.\u201d
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UpNorth News<\/a>: \u201cWith the release of the Republican Study Committee\u2019s budget, Republicans have ramped back up their attacks on [Medicare and Social Security]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe proposed budget would make cuts to Social Security by raising the retirement age, though it does not specifically say what that new retirement age would be. Benefits would also be reduced for those who earned a \u2018higher salary\u2019 before retirement, but the budget again does not specify what that threshold would be. The budget also assures that there would only be \u2018modest adjustments\u2019 to Social Security as it operates now, but again, does not outline exactly what that means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott is hellbent on ending Social Security and Medicare as we know them \u2013 and is unapologetic in his plans to rip away essential benefits America\u2019s seniors rely on. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott<\/a>: \u201cIn my plan, I suggested the following: All federal legislation sunsets in 5 yrs. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott, in response to backlash for his Rescue America Plan<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019d like to apologize to absolutely nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And let\u2019s not forget that newly-elected speaker MAGA Mike Johnson \u2013 who endorsed Trump last month \u2013 is a <\/strong>member<\/strong><\/a> and former <\/strong>chair<\/strong><\/a> of the RSC and has supported cuts to Social Security and Medicare. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Conservative Playbook\u201d by the RSC, led by Chairman Mike Johnson in the 116th Congress<\/a>: \u201cWith our entitlement programs facing dire financial futures and more Americans receiving welfare benefits than ever before, we cannot afford to waste money simply because the federal bureaucracy writes checks to the wrong people or for the wrong amount.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cWe have to get back to [entitlement reform] as the number one priority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Republicans\u2019 plan to gut Social Security and Medicare is deeply unpopular with Americans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cFox News Poll: 71% choose funding Social Security, Medicare over budget cuts\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AP<\/a>: \u201cMost oppose Social Security, Medicare cuts: AP-NORC poll\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cNearly 9 in 10 Americans say they oppose reducing spending on Social Security or Medicare, according to new polling from our Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump this week endorsing Rick Scott and receiving an endorsement from Kevin Hern, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump is teaming up with MAGA extremists Kevin Hern and Rick Scott,  two of the biggest champions of cutting Social Security and Medicare in Congress, and their […]<\/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-1028488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Teams Up With MAGA Republicans Who Want To Gut Social Security and Medicare - 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\/trump-teams-up-with-maga-republicans-who-want-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare\/\" \/>\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=\"2023-12-08T15:49:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T18:18:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\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=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-teams-up-with-maga-republicans-who-want-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-teams-up-with-maga-republicans-who-want-to-gut-social-security-and-medicare\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Teams Up With MAGA Republicans Who Want To Gut Social Security and Medicare - 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