{"id":1662271,"date":"2022-09-28T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662271"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:36:11","slug":"desperate-biden-falsely-claims-republicans-will-kill-medicare-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-biden-falsely-claims-republicans-will-kill-medicare-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Biden Falsely Claims Republicans Will Kill Medicare, Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesperate-biden-falsely-claims-republicans-will-kill-medicare-social-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Back in 2003, when President George W. Bush was campaigning for re-election, he praised Congress for approving a Medicare prescription drug benefit overhaul that he supported.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had been railing against him, saying Republicans were trying to kill the publicly funded health care program for seniors. But Bush was emphatic when he called out his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey used to call Medicare \u2018Mediscare\u2019 for people in the political process,\u201d Bush said at a hospital in the nation\u2019s capital. \u201cSome said Medicare reform can never be done. We\u2019re acting. We acted on principle in Washington, D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same thing happened in 2000 when Bush was running against Al Gore. Bush said of the vice president, \u201cThe man\u2019s running on Mediscare \u2014 trying to frighten people to the voting booth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an age-old tactic \u2014 scare the hell out of voters with claims that the other side will do away with everything those voters love.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with just weeks to go before the midterm elections and pollsters saying it could be a bloodbath for Democrats, President Joe Biden is trying the strategy, as noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/27\/us\/politics\/biden-social-security-republicans.html\">by<\/a> The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden warned on Tuesday that Republicans posed a threat to Social Security and Medicare, amplifying an effort by Democrats to make the fate of America\u2019s social safety net programs a central campaign issue ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections,\u201d the Gray Lady said.<\/p>\n<p>While offering few details, Biden said Republicans would cut back on entitlement programs if they take over Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think they\u2019re going to do?\u201d Biden said in a speech from the White House Rose Garden. He held up a copy of a plan put forward by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), which he said would move to \u201csunset\u201d Social Security and Medicare, phasing them out of existence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks, you know, the senator in charge of reelecting the United States senators \u2014 Senator Scott \u2014 has proposed the plan where Social Security, Medicare every five years on the chopping block. It means every five years, you either cut it, it reduces, or completely eliminate it \u2014 Social Security and Medicare,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>With inflation skyrocketing, gas and food prices out of control, and crime soaring, Democrats are frantic to change the subject by demonizing Republicans. And they\u2019ve clearly passed out talking points, as Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) \u2014 suddenly locked in a tight race \u2014 said this week: \u201cRepublicans plan to end Social Security and Medicare if they take back the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But another super-liberal paper, The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/09\/27\/false-claim-that-senate-republicans-plan-end-social-security-medicare\/\">Washington Post<\/a>, did a fact-check on Murray\u2019s claim and gave it \u201cfour Pinocchios,\u201d it\u2019s highest rating for bald-faced lies.<\/p>\n<p>The paper noted that in 2011, then-Vice President Biden claimed House Republicans supported a plan for \u201celiminating Medicare in the next 10 years.\u201d And in the 2020 presidential race, Biden said President Donald Trump had a \u201cplan\u201d to strip Social Security benefits and make the program disappear in three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow comes the latest iteration of this campaign attack. But it\u2019s just as empty as the previous ones,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The paper noted that \u201cScott has also denied he wanted to end Social Security and Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring an interview with Fox News on March 27, Scott was asked whether his plan could \u2018potentially sunset programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.\u2019 He dismissed that as \u2018Democratic talking points\u2019 and said his proposal was intended to focus attention on how to deal with potential funding shortfalls in the future,\u201d fact-checker Glenn Kessler wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one that I know of wants to sunset Medicare or Social Security, but what we\u2019re doing is we don\u2019t even talk about it. Medicare goes bankrupt in four years. Social Security goes bankrupt in 12 years,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI think we ought to figure out how we preserve those programs. Every program that we care about, we ought to stop and take the time to preserve those programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Murray\u2019s claim, which is identical to Biden\u2019s, the Post delivered four Pinocchios. \u201cThis is yet another example in which Democrats strain to conjure up a nonexistent GOP plan regarding Social Security and Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But look for the talking point to pop up everywhere over the next six weeks \u2014 and again in the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2003, when President George W. Bush was campaigning for re-election, he praised Congress for approving a Medicare prescription drug benefit overhaul that he supported. Democrats had been railing against him, saying Republicans were trying to kill the publicly funded health care program for seniors. 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