EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) has reintroduced a resolution affirming that Social Security should be preserved and protected, an effort to push back against Democratic accusations that Republicans want to slash the program.
Tenney told the Washington Examiner that Democrats have unfairly accused Republicans of wanting to cut into Social Security.
“I’m just going to call it what it is: they’re lies,” Tenney said of the Democratic attacks against Republicans.
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Democrats have regularly said Republicans want to slash Social Security. For instance, on the presidential campaign trail last year, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris told attendees at a rally that President Donald Trump “intends to cut Social Security and Medicare.”
“None of that is true,” Tenney said in regard to the accusations from Democrats. She said
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