CLAIM: President Joe Biden said on Thursday that “MAGA Republicans” want to gut entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
VERDICT: False. Leading Republicans have said cuts to Social Security and Medicare are not up for consideration.
During a speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday discussing his budget plan, he said he would protect Social Security and Medicare and claimed that Republicans want to slash spending for the entitlement programs.
“I will protect Social Security and Medicare. Guaranteed. I won’t allow it to be gutted or eliminated as ‘MAGA Republicans’ want to do,” Biden said.
He then said that his budget proposal will not cut benefits or sunset programs.
“I will protect Social Security and Medicare.”
President Joe Biden presented a budget plan Thursday that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade — a proposal that Republicans already intend to reject. https://t.co/iaiVlI3l3l
