Trump joins Mitch McConnell in bashing Rick Scott's Social Security and Medicare plans, telling him to 'be careful': 'THERE WILL BE NO CUTS!'
Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may not see eye to eye on many things, but one thing they can both agree on: Republicans should keep their hands off of Social Security and Medicare.
Once Republicans took control over the House, the looming issue became raising the debt ceiling, and what spending cuts the GOP wanted in exchange for ensuring the US doesn't go into default. While Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and his colleagues, were firm that cuts to Social Security and Medicare are"off the table," Democrats still pointed to some GOP lawmakers'
looking to cut spending on those two programs as reason to believe they might be included in negotiations.for President Joe Biden. Scott introduced a 12-point plan last year that included sunsetting all federal programs, including Social Security and Medicare, every five years, meaning Congress would have to repeatedly act to renew the programs that millions of Americans rely on.
While Scott said his only goal is to strengthen the programs, Biden has criticized it on numerous occasions, and McConnell even
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