“Why are the republicans making concessions to this clown?”
It was TRUMP who told the Republicans not to use the debt ceiling fight to cut Social Security and Medicare. Trump was right, and if McCarthy is following what Trump advised, good for him. And I don’t care if Manchin also called for the same thing Trump dod - the GOP would be shooting itself in the abdomen to demand Social Security cuts, and even more so if they closed down the govt in order to get those wildly unpopular cuts
Anybody who wants the GOP to cut Social Security must be OK with the Democrats winning all elections from now on
Well, that argument is problematic in several ways, the Republicans are not talking about cutting Social Security for people who are already living on it. So again, we’re allowing the liberals to find the argument. They’re talking about modifying it, so future generations and people who are young enough will have a different system that accomplishes the same thing but will be sustainable. At least that’s the way I understand it. The bottom line is it doesn’t matter what Trump said, most Americans did not hear him, because the media said Joe Manchin talked the Republicans out of cutting Social Security. The Republicans should’ve been out in front of this to prevent Manchin from taking his victory lap.