Late last week, Donald Trump delivered a firm directive to congressional Republicans, though GOP lawmakers probably felt a little confused by the message. On the one hand, the former president wants his party to use debt ceiling hostage tactics to pursue their goals, including spending cuts. On the other hand, Trump also insisted, “Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security.”
“Cut waste, fraud and abuse everywhere that we can find it, and there’s plenty of it,” the former president added in the new two-minute video. “But do not cut the benefits our seniors worked for and paid for their entire lives.”
It’s become an increasingly common refrain in GOP circles. Rep. Jim Banks, the former chair of the Republican Study Committee told CBS News yesterday that as his party moves forward with a debt ceiling crisis, cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid won’t be on the table. “I don’t think that any of…
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