John, one week into the new Congress and the GOP is already coming for your Social Security and Medicare.
We may have had some fun watching the Republicans fail to elect a speaker for 14 rounds of voting, but the concessions McCarthy has made to appease the Freedom Caucus and secure his speakership are no laughing matter. One concession he made was to cap spending at 2022 levels, meaning $130 billion in cuts to vital programs like Social Security and Medicare.
We’ve long known the GOP has been itching to slash your Social Security and Medicare. Now that they control the House, they’re proving us right by proposing radical spending cuts that would send millions of Americans into the depths of poverty. McCarthy will do whatever the Freedom Caucus says to keep his gavel, even if it means harming everyday Americans like yourself.
After failing to elect a speaker on the first ballot for the first time in a century, McCarthy and the Freedom Caucus went into their smoke-filled Congressional rooms and negotiated a deal that would give McCarthy the votes to become speaker.
Unfortunately, the American people got the short end of that deal. Drastic cuts to spending could cause millions of Americans to lose their Social Security and Medicare benefits. But Democrats in the House and President Biden are here to defend those benefits.
As a Cuyahoga County Council member and Chairwoman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, Shontel Brown has spent the last decade serving the people of Ohio and building coalitions. Now, as the Congresswoman for Ohio’s 11th District, she will fight for affordable quality health care, jobs that pay fair wages, a strong public education system, and equity and justice for all. Will you join her and be the change we need?
