Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is attacking her U.S. Senate race opponent, Republican Sam Brown, claiming that he’s backed cu
“Sam Brown publicly supported forcing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and was caught on tape saying he admires the plan to phase out Social Security and Medicare in five years.”Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the University of Nevada , Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
Rosen, who is running for reelection in a highly competitive race, said in an ad that Brown, a retired U.S. Army captain, supported a 2022 proposal by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., that included automatically sunsetting federal legislation after five years, including Social Security and Medicare. Scott’s plan has also been a frequent target for Democrats in the past two elections. Some Republicans partly blamed Scott for Democrats’ unexpected congressional gains in the 2022 election, which may haveBrown campaign spokesperson Kristy Wilkinson said in an email that Brown, who has never held elected office, does not support cutting Social Security or Medicare."If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again," Scott wrote in the plan.
"I think I appreciate that he is trying to look forward, he is trying to cast a positive vision," Brown said."One of the things, I think, that some of the Republican Party leaders have failed at is we have become labeled — and sometimes we do this to ourselves — is we become the party of 'No. Oh, no, we're not going to do that.’ We're the party of just rejecting policy instead of the party of projecting ideas.
Brown told the Current he supported a balanced budget amendment and thought Paul’s proposal was"a very reasonable place to start." Brown never said he supported Scott’s plan, only that he admired Scott’s trying to articulate a vision for the Republican Party.
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