{"id":1002621,"date":"2018-10-16T14:35:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T14:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002621"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:32","slug":"dnc-on-mcconnell-confirming-republican-goal-to-cut-medicare-medicaid-and-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-mcconnell-confirming-republican-goal-to-cut-medicare-medicaid-and-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on McConnell Confirming Republican Goal to Cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">In response to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying the budget deficit increase is \u201cdisturbing\u201d and suggesting cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs were the only way to pay for it, DNC spokesperson Daniel Wessel released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe deficit increase is \u2018disturbing\u2019 because of the trillion-dollar tax break Trump and Republicans gave to the rich and big corporations. The Trump tax law was always a scam, and now Republicans are suggesting taking seniors and middle-class families to the cleaners by gutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to help pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMake no mistake: These vital programs are on the ballot this November. The only thing left for Americans to do is vote.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying the budget deficit increase is \u201cdisturbing\u201d and suggesting cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs were the only way to pay for it, DNC spokesperson Daniel Wessel released the following statement: &nbsp; \u201cThe deficit increase is \u2018disturbing\u2019 because of the trillion-dollar tax break Trump and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on McConnell Confirming Republican Goal to Cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - 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