President Biden once again accused Republicans of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare in a ridiculed tweet on Thursday after previously being debunked.
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., responds to Biden's accusation of GOP wanting to cut Medicare and Social Security and reacts to James Carville calling Republicans 'white trash.'cutting Social Security and MedicareThe tweet followed Biden claiming during his State of the Union address that"some" Republicans want to cut those entitlement programs. Republicans audibly booed this claim during the address with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga.
"I know that for a lot of Republicans on the Hill their dream is to cut Social Security and Medicare. Well, let me say this. If that’s your dream, I'm your nightmare," the tweet read. Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs wrote,"Nothing is true in this cringe post other than Biden self-proclaiming himself as our nation's nightmare."
"I thought this was resolved at the SOTU, but here you are, continuing the lie. Embarrassing," Republican congressional candidate Jack Lombardi tweeted. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE DEFENDS HECKLING BIDEN DURING SOTU: ‘I WAS HONORED TO CALL HIM THE LIAR THAT HE IS’The claim that Republicans want Social Security and Medicare to"sunset" came from a legislative agenda written by Scott last year that proposed"all federal legislation sunsets in 5 years. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again." Although the proposal was rejected by Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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