My only point is that Republicans need to take Trumps advice and stop publicly denigrating the program. He said the party will never win the presidency again if it’s candidates don’t stop calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme or a ripoff. Remember that in 2016 he carried states that the GOP had been losing previously, and his pledge to defend Social Security was probably one of the reasons. He didn’t run as a conventional Cheney-McCain-Romney-Paul Ryan Republican
Democrats win votes by campaigning on the lie that Republicans want to eliminate Social Security. Republicans need to wise up and not give Dems so much ammunition.