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Sahil Kapur
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Senior National Political Reporter for NBC News covering Capitol Hill and elections
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Trump says people in the US illegally are "KILLING" Social Security and Medicare. But Social Security's own actuary has said unauthorized workers are a net benefit to the program's trust fund — they pay into it and aren't eligible for benefits. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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cngriffin.bsky.social

What do you expect from righties? They barely understand math as it is, of course he's going to tell them people who can't collect SS and M are killing it

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DBdrgdave.bsky.social

And just today, House Republicans announced a plan to cut Social Security benefits and raise the retirement age (among other GOP priorities, like a national abortion ban). Call me crazy, but I'm guessing Trump wouldn't veto such a bill. wapo.st/3Tva6d6

Democrats seize on a GOP budget proposal that would raise Social Security retirement age
Democrats seize on a GOP budget proposal that would raise Social Security retirement age

President Biden and fellow Democrats wasted little time lambasting a budget proposal from a large group of House Republicans that would, among other things, raise the retirement age for Social Securit...

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Bblackcatcrosses.bsky.social

What’s killing SS is the GOP refusal to lift the contribution cap for all their millionaires.

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CDcvdanes.bsky.social

What's killing Social Security is refusing to raise to tax ceiling.

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SMsrmguy.bsky.social

Always good to hold up the truth in the face of Trump's lies but alas his supporters couldn't care less.

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MSmitchsolomon.bsky.social

All these lies prove is that he knows what congressional GOP morons don’t or are too in the pocket to accept - Social Security and Medicare are huge vote getters

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SFnickel76.bsky.social

Don’t let facts get in the way of an excuse to vote for a bigot…

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SMsmontanaro.bsky.social

Yeah, but the SS actuary is part of the "deep state," so Trump can ignore what they say. (Is /s required here? I don't remember that section of Strunk and White.)

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OHwaterloo45.bsky.social

It's a big plus to the system

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OHwaterloo45.bsky.social

He's a idiot

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Sahil Kapur
@sahilkapur.bsky.social
Senior National Political Reporter for NBC News covering Capitol Hill and elections
16.7k followers41 following210 posts