Now we know they are desperate when they bring up SSI
Biden to use Florida trip to warn of GOP threat to Social Security and Medicare
by Brett Samuels - 11/01/22 5:00 AM ET
President Biden will head to Florida Tuesday with a focus on how a Republican-controlled Congress could threaten Social Security and Medicare benefits for millions of Americans.
Exactly one week ahead of the midterm elections, Biden will be joined by Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (Fla.) and Florida state legislators, as well as a Florida man who relies on Medicare, the White House said. Following his remarks in Hallandale Beach, Biden will attend fundraisers for gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist (D) and Senate candidate Val Demings (D), both of whom face uphill battles in their campaigns to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R), respectively.
The president last visited Florida to tour damage from Hurricane Ian. He appeared alongside DeSantis and commended his response to the storm, despite the tensions between the governor and the White House over issues including immigration and the coronavirus pandemic.
A RealClearPolitics average of polls from this month showed DeSantis leading Crist in the governor’s race by 12 percentage points. An average of polls from this month in the Senate race showed Rubio leading Demings by 8 percentage points.
The president is expected Tuesday to talk about a pledge from some Republicans to repeal aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act, passed earlier this year with only Democratic votes, as well as a proposal released in February by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) that calls for sunsetting federal programs such as Medicare and Social Security.
Biden has in recent days increased his focus on those issues to warn that a Republican Congress would threaten to strip benefits from the tens of millions of Americans who rely on those programs.
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