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Ohio Democratic Party Statement on Trump Threatening Social
Security
The Ohio Democratic Party
released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper
in response to Donald Trump’s executive action that
threatens Social Security:
“Nearly 85 years after
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security
Act into law, Donald Trump is jeopardizing the Medicare and
Social Security trust
funds with a desperate stunt that won’t boost the economy
won’t help workers or small
businesses and could
hurt seniors.
“When he was on the campaign
trail, Trump claimed he wouldn’t cut Medicare and Social
Security. But over the past three years, Trump has proposed
and supported cutting both programs. In January, Trump
suggested cutting Social
Security and Medicare was
‘the easiest of all things -- as if these programs aren’t
benefits that Americans have earned over decades of work.
Senate Republicans who have discussed it with the president
say he calls it a ‘second-term project’
That makes it clear what’s
at stake in 2020 -- if Trump wins a second term,
he will slash Medicare and
Social Security.
“The president keeps making
promises to the people of Ohio. Time and time again, he
keeps breaking those promises, and everyday Ohioans -- like
the nearly 2.4 million Ohioans who rely on Social Security
– are
paying the price.”
In June 2016 at a speech in
St. Clairsville, Ohio, Trump said, “We're going
to save our Social Security.
We're going to save our Medicare. Others want
to cut. We're going to save
so much.”
Since he’s been in office,
Trump has proposed and supported cutting Medicare, Medicaid
and Social Security.
Trump’s last budget proposal
cut Social Security programs by $26 billion and slashed
funding for the Social Security Administration, which helps
retirees and people with disabilities get the support they
need and have earned.
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