Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Republicans will not 'mess with Social Security,' as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday distanced himself from his past support for privatizing Social Security and raising the retirement age as potential future political foes seize on his previous ideas for the popular retirement program. “We’re not going to mess with Social Security as Republicans,” DeSantis told Fox News. “I think that that’s pretty clear.
But the reality is they have printed trillions and trillions of dollars, and that has really fueled the inflation,” the governor said. The statement appears at odds with what DeSantis said in 2012, when he first ran for Congress as a tea party conservative and a disciple of Ryan’s and his hawkish budgets. DeSantis said at the time that it was “unsustainable” to allow seniors to retire before their late 60s, CNN KFile found. He also voiced support for Ryan’s plans for privatizing Social Security.
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