Ron Johnson says Biden lying about his stance on Social Security
Sen. Ron Johnson accused President Joe Biden of lying about his views on Social Security and Medicare after the president criticized his proposal to remove the programs from the bucket of"mandatory spending" in a visit to Wisconsin this week.
During his Wednesday speech in DeForest, Wisconsin, Biden blasted Johnson for wanting to review entitlement spending every year, a proposal reminiscent of Sen. Rick Scott's plan to allow government programs to expire if Congress does not reauthorize them every five years. The plan, which Democrats used against the GOP in the midterm elections, has been widely panned by Senate Republicans.Johnson has spent the last couple of days pushing back on Biden's comment.
On The Jay Weber Show on Thursday, Johnson said that although Social Security as it currently stands is a"legal Ponzi scheme," his goal is to protect it and Medicare by ensuring they're being used properly. Most Republicans have said they don't want to touch the popular programs as Democrats accuse them of putting the entitlements on the chopping block in a brewing debt ceiling fight.
"The Democrats take that, and they lie," Johnson continued."They say I want to cut ... Social Security. You couldn't be further from the truth. I want to save Social Security. I'm just pointing out the greatest threat to Social Security and Medicare is the out-of-control debt and deficits, and that's just the truth."
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