Dear Friend,

Donald Trump just admitted that if he’s reelected, he will cut Social
Security.

While speaking to a reporter at the annual World Economic Forum conference
of global elites in Davos, Trump openly admitted that he's planning to cut
Social Security, as well as Medicaid and Medicare—possibly right after the
election.^1

In fact, he’s already started. His administration has announced a plan
that would end $2.6 billion in benefits for hundreds of thousands of
people on Social Security disability.^2

We launched a major public push to sound the alarm about Trump’s plans to
slash Social Security before it’s too late. Will you donate
$5?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate to help stop Trump’s attack on Social Security,
Medicare, and Medicaid.

With any other president, this would have been a bombshell controversy
that would have killed their approval rating. But with Trump, the media
almost totally ignored it.

The Trump administration’s plan calls for major new efforts to cut off
Social Security benefits for people with disabilities. Experts say it’s
easily foreseeable that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their
benefits—which means people will die.^3 In 2017 alone, 10,000 people died
waiting to be approved for disability benefits.^4 That number will explode
under Trump’s plan.

Trump also just announced a plan to allow states to cut Medicaid. This
could lower benefits for 70 million poor Americans who can’t get health
care anywhere else.^5

Republicans have been pushing to end Social Security for decades—literally
since the day it was signed into law. Trump promised voters in 2016 that
he wouldn’t do that. Now, once again, we know he lied.

Trump is attacking our most vulnerable populations, and we have to stop
him. Social Security has always been the "third rail" of politics. But the
media isn’t telling this story to the public, so we have to spread the
word and stop him now.

We’re fighting back to stop Trump’s attack on Social Security. Will you
donate $5?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate $5 to help save Social Security.

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

[ [link removed] ]DONATE

Sources:

1. Common Dreams, "'Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,' Trump
Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and
Medicare," [ [link removed] ]January 22, 2020
2. Common Dreams, "41 Senators Urge Trump Administration to End 'Cruel and
Dangerous' Effort to Cut Social Security Disability Benefits," [ [link removed] ]January
28, 2020
3. Ibid
4. The Washington Post, "10,000 people died in the past year while stuck
in a backlog of judges’ disability cases. What will happen to Joe
Stewart?" [ [link removed] ]November 20, 2017
5. NBC News, "Trump administration announces Medicaid funding overhaul,"
[ [link removed] ]January 30, 2020
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