Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., amended his 'Rescue America' plan to exempt Social Security and Medicare from sunsetting after taking flak from Democrats.
President Biden used his State of the Union address to accuse Republicans of wanting to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare, based on Rick Scott's plan.the"Rescue America" plan, distancing the Republican Party from Scott and denying that he spoke for anyone else in the GOP Senate conference.during the State of the Union AddressThe president's comments were met with loud boos from the Republican side of the aisle in the House chamber, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
published Friday, Scott accused Democrats and McConnell of playing"gotcha politics" with his agenda. "I have never supported cutting Social Security or Medicare, ever. To say otherwise is a disingenuous Democrat lie from a very confused president. And Sen. Mitch McConnell is also well aware of that. It’s shallow gotcha politics, which is what Washington does," Scott wrote. "Everyone outside of Washington perfectly understood what my plan was trying to accomplish, but that hasn’t stopped Washington politicians from doing what they do best — lying to you every chance they get.
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