Some Republicans have suggested revamping the entitlement programs as a means of balancing the federal budget, and Biden in particular warned in 2022 that the GOP winning majorities in the midterm elections would put both programs on the chopping block."Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security," Trump said in a video previewed by Politico on Friday.
The former president is in the process of booting up his 2024 White House bid and has made similar proclamations in videos distributed to media outlets and later posted to Truth Social. "Donald Trump's own record speaks for itself: Every year he was in office, Trump proposed cutting Social Security and Medicare programs," Democrat National Committee spokesperson Rhyan Lake told the Washington Examiner."Americans overwhelmingly rejected the MAGA agenda of gutting Social Security, Medicare, and affordable healthcare in 2018, 2020, and 2022, and will do so again.