The Daily Populous Thursday February 20th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by Quirkie

“Social Security won’t be touched, other than if there’s fraud or something. It’s going to be strengthened. Medicare, Medicaid—none of that stuff is going to be touched,” Trump claimed as recently as Tuesday, during his and Elon Musk’s sitdown with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.

Some moderate Republicans have already come out against a bill that would slash Medicaid, which could leave thousands of their constituents without reliable access to care.

“​​I ran for Congress under a promise of always doing what is best for the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania,” Representative Rob Bresnahan wrote on X last Friday. “If a bill is put in front of me that guts the benefits my neighbors rely on, I will not vote for it.”

HarwellDekatron on February 19th, 2025 at 17:59 UTC »

Stop saying he flipped. He hasn't flipped. Report it as what really happened: he lied.

Lord_of_the_Bots on February 19th, 2025 at 17:59 UTC »

AOC put out a video on TikTok a few days ago explaining there is a document going around congress with suggested cuts and it includes over 2 Trillion in cuts to medicaid.

They need to find 4 Trillion dollars somehow to pay for the Billionaire tax cuts that are expiring this year. They're going to take that from the American people if they have to.

Purify5 on February 19th, 2025 at 17:58 UTC »

Didn't he also promise no tax on tips and no tax on overtime?

Oh well. At least billionaires get to save money.