FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Contact: Linda Benesch, lbenesc
‘There Will Be Some Cuts’ to Social Security: DOGE Republicans Toss Trump’s Promise in the Trash
(Washington, DC) — Yesterday, Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson approached Members of Congress as they entered and exited the first meeting of the House DOGE Caucus. The following is a statement from Lawson:
“During the presidential election, Donald Trump’s campaign blanketed millions of households with flyers promising to protect Social Security and Medicare. I showed every member of the DOGE Caucus those flyers, and asked them a simple question: Do you intend to keep that promise?
One, Rep. Greg Lopez, told me forthrightly that ‘there will be some cuts’ to Social Security. Another, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, ripped the Trump mailers out of my hands and threw them on the floor in disgust. Most of the others refused to answer the question and slammed the door in my face.
I wasn’t asking for a lot, just for Republicans to say I will do what President Trump said he wanted, no cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Rep. Greene’s reaction shows how Republicans in Congress view the promises made during the campaign: worthless garbage.
We will never let these Republican arsonists near our Social Security, ever. They are the voice for billionaires, including the richest man in the world, who don’t want to pay their fair share in taxes. We are the voice for over 90% of their constituents — Republicans who don’t want a single penny of their benefits cut.”
Alex Lawson outside the DOGE Caucus meeting, holding Donald Trump’s campaign flyer
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