{"id":1002725,"date":"2018-10-25T08:08:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T08:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002725"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:15","slug":"new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW VIDEO: Republicans Will Cut Medicare, Medicaid &#038; Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Republicans want to gut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to pay for their massive tax cuts for the rich and big corporations. You don\u2019t have to take our word for it &#8212; Trump and Republicans have repeatedly told us this is what they want to do. If Republicans win, Americans lose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1055108938004344832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1055108938004344832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/J-20S06FJCKqKw5CFpLgK7N1_isAKnZ_ZU3j6tgg9Zk6-R9mDx6gaX0WVjscC-BBZXq1VMzISbIbocAoHNwANZBPQrPhhg70HQlk9ELLPPm164Y29UVxzSGEEcU-rb3bMObLLWUr\" width=\"582\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reporter: \u201cI have to ask you about the national debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">McConnell: \u201cIt\u2019s very disturbing, and it\u2019s driven by the three big entitlement programs that are very popular: Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid&#8230; Hopefully, at some point here we\u2019ll get serious about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reporter: \u201cRepublicans got tax cuts for 2018, will 2019 be the year of entitlement cuts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ryan: \u201cThe name of the game on the debt and deficit is entitlements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rubio: \u201cYou also have to bring spending under control\u2026 The driver of our debt is the structure of Social Security and Medicare for future beneficiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy: \u201cThe only way you\u2019re going to solve the debt is to grow this economy and do something about the entitlements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kudlow: \u201cAs far as the larger entitlements, I think everybody\u2019s going to look at that probably next year\u2026 We have to be tougher on spending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reporter: \u201cThe leader of the Republicans in the Senate promising to come for Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid if Republicans hold on to power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump: \u201cWe\u2019re going to cut spending, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Reporter: \u201cThat\u2019s a tough order, Mr. President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump: \u201cIt\u2019s not as tough as you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans want to gut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to pay for their massive tax cuts for the rich and big corporations. You don\u2019t have to take our word for it &#8212; Trump and Republicans have repeatedly told us this is what they want to do. If Republicans win, Americans lose. &nbsp; WATCH HERE &nbsp; [&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-1002725","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>NEW VIDEO: Republicans Will Cut Medicare, Medicaid &amp; Social Security - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-25T08:08:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/J-20S06FJCKqKw5CFpLgK7N1_isAKnZ_ZU3j6tgg9Zk6-R9mDx6gaX0WVjscC-BBZXq1VMzISbIbocAoHNwANZBPQrPhhg70HQlk9ELLPPm164Y29UVxzSGEEcU-rb3bMObLLWUr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/\",\"name\":\"NEW VIDEO: Republicans Will Cut Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/J-20S06FJCKqKw5CFpLgK7N1_isAKnZ_ZU3j6tgg9Zk6-R9mDx6gaX0WVjscC-BBZXq1VMzISbIbocAoHNwANZBPQrPhhg70HQlk9ELLPPm164Y29UVxzSGEEcU-rb3bMObLLWUr\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-25T08:08:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T20:15:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/J-20S06FJCKqKw5CFpLgK7N1_isAKnZ_ZU3j6tgg9Zk6-R9mDx6gaX0WVjscC-BBZXq1VMzISbIbocAoHNwANZBPQrPhhg70HQlk9ELLPPm164Y29UVxzSGEEcU-rb3bMObLLWUr\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/J-20S06FJCKqKw5CFpLgK7N1_isAKnZ_ZU3j6tgg9Zk6-R9mDx6gaX0WVjscC-BBZXq1VMzISbIbocAoHNwANZBPQrPhhg70HQlk9ELLPPm164Y29UVxzSGEEcU-rb3bMObLLWUr\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-video-republicans-will-cut-medicare-medicaid-social-security\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NEW VIDEO: Republicans Will Cut Medicare, Medicaid &#038; 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