House GOP Twitter Account Calls for Slashing Social Security & Medicare
From the Speaker's Press Office:
Today, House Republicans began unveiling their extreme MAGA “Commitment to America” agenda – kicking off the roll out by spotlighting their continued commitment to a long-standing GOP agenda obsession: slashing Social Security & Medicare.
That’s House Republicans’ official twitter mouthpiece telling its 1.3 million followers to read that Republicans believe they have not only the opportunity but the responsibility to start slashing the Social Security and Medicare that seniors rely upon: “we must begin addressing the real debt drivers – mandatory spending programs…”
And why wouldn’t House Republicans tweet it? After all, the American people hate it, but inside the extreme MAGA GOP, slashing Social Security and Medicare is actually a very broadly held position:
- 158 out of 212 House Republicans, including top GOP leadership Members Whip Scalise and Chair Stefanik, have called for slashing and privatizing Social Security, raising the retirement age to 70 and ending Medicare as we know it as part of the Republican Study Committee FY2023 budget.
- Top GOP Senator Rick Scott continues to push Senate Republicans’ plan to terminate Social Security and Medicare after five years.
- Senior GOP Senator Ron Johnson called for putting Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block for Republicans to slash at will every year.
The first pillar of House Republicans’ “Commitment to America” is clear: a commitment to destroy Social Security and Medicare.