John,

Just after Senator Mitt Romney proposed slipping a Social Security death panel into negotiations to prevent a government shutdown, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries sent a clear message: Hell no.

Every single Republican politician wants to cut Social Security and Medicare. Mitt Romney may not stand with his Republican colleagues about the insurrection or the results of the 2020 election, but he’s still in the Republican party because he is in lockstep with MAGA Mike Johnson and Donald Trump when it comes to slashing taxes for millionaires and slashing Social Security for the rest of us.

We’re uniting the Democratic caucus to SAVE Social Security from Republicans like Mitt Romney and Mike Johnson! Rush a donation today!

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Check out Michael’s email from yesterday for more on Mitt Romney’s scheme.

Thanks,

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works

-- MICHAEL'S MESSAGE --

John,

MAGA Mike Johnson used his very first speech as Speaker of the House to call for the “immediate” creation of a closed-door commission to dismantle Social Security and Medicare.

Now, with eight days before the government shuts down, Senator Mitt Romney is trying to make MAGA Mike’s dreams a reality:¹

This is a four-alarm fire. Republicans are preparing to sneak this into the next government funding bill. The White House has called such a commission a “death panel for Medicare and Social Security.”² We are mobilizing to STOP them.

Can you rush a donation to STOP Mitt Romney’s death panel for Social Security!

Mitt Romney has dreamed of destroying Social Security and Medicare for decades. When he ran for President in 2012, he proposed slashing benefits, and chose as his Vice Presidential nominee one of the most hardcore Medicare privatizers in the nation.

Romney, who was born into wealth, has a net worth of at least $85,000,000. But he thinks your Social Security check is too generous.

This isn’t even Romney’s first attempt to slip Social Security cuts past Congress through a closed-door commission. When Donald Trump was president, Romney proposed the TRUST Act during the pandemic, hoping to pay for Trump’s tax cuts and bailouts by slashing Social Security and Medicare. We defeated him then, and we will defeat him now.

But Romney isn’t alone―last night’s Presidential debate made it clear that when Republicans talk about Social Security, they are arguing over how severely to cut it, not over how to help the people our Social Security system was created for.³ And though Donald Trump wasn’t on that stage, his record in the White House included proposals for cuts in every budget that he released, and robbing Social Security and Medicare of its dedicated funding.

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Michael Phelan
Social Security Works

P.S. Want to do more? Call (202) 224-3121 right now and ask to be connected to your Senator’s office! Here’s what you can say:

As your constituent, I am calling because Social Security and Medicare are important to me. I am disturbed by the idea that Congress is considering a closed-door, fast-track commission to dismantle Social Security and Medicare. I oppose Mitt Romney’s Fiscal Stability Act and I hope the Senator does too. Social Security is not in crisis―if millionaires and billionaires would pay their fair share like the rest of us, we can afford to increase Social Security and Medicare benefits. We should EXPAND Social Security and Medicare, NEVER cut them.

Then, hang up and call back, and ask to be connected to your other Senator.

¹ https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-manchin-lead-colleagues-in-proposing-a-commission-to-strengthen-americas-fiscal-health-and-stabilize-our-debt/
² https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/white-house-slams-gop-entitlement-commission-as-death-panel
³ https://x.com/SSWorks/status/1722439872055595343?s=20