{"id":1876082,"date":"2023-03-13T21:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-protect-seniors-from-republicans-like-paul-ryan-disciple-desantis\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T22:03:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T02:03:17","slug":"trump-vows-to-protect-seniors-from-republicans-like-paul-ryan-disciple-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-protect-seniors-from-republicans-like-paul-ryan-disciple-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to protect seniors from Republicans like Paul Ryan &#8216;disciple&#8217; DeSantis"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-vows-to-protect-seniors-from-republicans-like-paul-ryan-disciple-desantis%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=1876082&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78747582\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9\">                                                                                                         <\/div>\n<p> ||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78747582&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1261949&#8243;} });                              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> Seniors will be protected &#8220;establishment&#8221; If Republicans were to be returned to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\">White House<\/a>Attacking a top rival would be a good idea. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\">Social Security<\/a> And <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicare\">Medicare<\/a> On his first visit to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\">Iowa<\/a> The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\">2024 Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s attention to entitlements indicates that he believes his populist message gives him an advantage over other Republican hopefuls who are weighing their chances for the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Trump compared Gov. Davenport to Trump <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis <\/a>(R-FL) to Sen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitt-romney\">Mitt Romney<\/a> (R-UT), whom he vilified as a member &#8220;the Paul Ryan Republican establishment,&#8221; A distinction that helped the former leader win 2016 victory was achieved by leaning into it.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-world-bank-picks-china-business-ties\">BIDEN-WORLD BANK PICK&#8217;S CHINESE BOARD TIES RISE VETTING QUESTIONS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is in Congress &#8220;wanted to decimate&#8221; Social Security &#8220;severely&#8221; Trump stated Monday that he would reduce Medicare spending and raise the retirement age to 70. &#8220;Ron was a disciple of Paul Ryan [who] would constantly vote against entitlements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump added &#8220;You remember \u2026 Democrats used that \u2018wheelchair over the cliff&#8217; commercial? Very effective. That was about him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is also the target of President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>The White House sought to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/wedge-between-freedom-caucus-house-gop\">Use a wedge<\/a> In negotiations over the election, there was a split between Republicans <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debt-ceiling\">debt ceiling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is intensifying his attacks on potential GOP competitors, focusing in particular on DeSantis. Trump&#8217;s speech didn&#8217;t mention Republican 2024 presidential nominee Nikki Haley. Nikki Haley was a U.N. ambassador under Trump and a former South Carolina governor. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/nikki-haley-change-reitrement-age\">Changing the retirement age is needed<\/a> For people in their 20s.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks also come at a time when polls show DeSantis gaining support from Republican voters. Trump is still the favorite but the Florida governor polls consistently in the top 10 of Trump&#8217;s rivals in the election. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\">2024 Republican primary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"> Donald Trump, former President, speaks at a campaign event Monday 13 March 2023 in Davenport (Iowa).                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\"> Ron Johnson\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>DeSantis is believed to weigh carefully <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\">White House<\/a> He has yet to make an announcement, but he has submitted a bid. Numerous appearances in early states of nomination <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/desantis-new-hampshire-visit-2024-buzz\">The governor encourages<\/a> His book has added to the speculation. He <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/democrats-sharpen-attacks-on-extreme-desantis-iowa-debut\">Was in Iowa<\/a> Nevada and Nevada this weekend, and will travel to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-hampshire\">New Hampshire<\/a> Next month<\/p>\n<p>Trump swung at DeSantis, and gave himself credit. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/trump-seniors-republicans-ryan-desantis\">Trump promises to protect seniors from Republicans such as Paul Ryan &#8216;disciple&#8221; DeSantis<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump vowed to protect seniors from \u201cestablishment\u201d Republicans if returned to the White House, attacking a top would-be rival on Social Security and Medicare in his first trip to Iowa of the 2024 campaign. Trump\u2019s focus on entitlements suggests he believes his populist message lends him an edge over the Republican hopefuls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1897110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[21560,4980,5531,5508,3756,8086,5391,3634,5099],"class_list":["post-1876082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-disciple","tag-desantis","tag-paul","tag-protect","tag-republicans","tag-ryan","tag-seniors","tag-trump","tag-vows"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1876082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1876082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1876082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1876082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}