FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Contact: Sabrina Davis, sdavis@socialsecurityworks.org

Statement on Vice President Kamala Harris Selecting Governor Tim Walz as Her Running Mate

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on Vice President Kamala Harris selecting Governor Tim Walz as her running mate:

“Congratulations to Vice President Kamala Harris on selecting a superb running mate. As someone who has spoken publicly about receiving Social Security survivor benefits as a child, Governor Walz understands first-hand the invaluable importance of Social Security.

As the Governor said, in response to those who say Americans should pull themselves up by their boot straps, Social Security was his family’s boots. Other than Social Security, his family had no boots whose straps they could use to pull themselves up.

The Harris-Walz administration will fight hard to protect and expand Social Security, as highlighted in the excellent pro-senior policies laid out in the 2024 Democratic Party Platform. They will also fight to expand Medicare and continue to lower drug prices. While President Biden and Vice President Harris have led the most pro-senior administration in over half a century, Vice President Harris and Governor Walz will be even better.

The choice in November couldn’t be clearer. Vice President Harris has always fought to protect and expand our Social Security benefits. We know Governor Walz will do the same. Donald Trump, despite his rhetoric to the contrary, is on record advocating cuts to our earned benefits.

Americans who want to make sure that they receive every penny of their earned benefits, including a well-deserved raise in this essential deferred compensation — by requiring the wealthiest to pay their fair share — must vote Democratic. Those who are okay with seeing their earned benefits cut, and tax handouts given to billionaires, should know that is what Trump and his Republican allies are planning.”

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