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WASHINGTON ― Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) shouted “liar” as Republicans erupted at President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening when he said they wanted to cut popular retirement benefits.
“Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years,” Biden said during his State of the Union address, referring to a proposal from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.).
Republicans loudly shouted “no” from the right side of the House chamber.
For months, congressional Democrats and the White House have pilloried Republicans for their suggestions that they would seek changes to popular retirement benefits in order to improve the programs’ long-term actuarial balance.
“Those benefits belong to the American people. They earned them,” Biden said in his speech. “If anyone tries to cut Social Security, I will stop them. And if anyone tries to cut Medicare, I will stop them.”
The Scott proposal has never been…
