Trump's been lying about his opposition to cutting Social Security

[charlyvi]

For all those folks who think Trump would protect Social Security and Medicare, he's just saying it to get elected.


http://crooksandliars.com/2016/05/surprise-surprise-trumps-been-lying-abo

Donald Trump supposedly told House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) he supports cutting Social Security but will not admit it publicly because it would hurt his election chances, according to a report in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee reportedly made the comments during a May 12 meeting with Ryan aimed at mending ties between the two top Republican leaders, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed source who was in the room. (Ryan has yet to endorse Trump.)

“From a moral standpoint, I believe in it,” Trump said of cutting Social Security. “But you also have to get elected. And there’s no way a Republican is going to beat a Democrat when the Republican is saying, ‘We’re going to cut your Social Security’ and the Democrat is saying, ‘We’re going to keep it and give you more.’?”

Trump’s professed opposition to cutting Social Security and Medicare has been both a hallmark of his campaign and one of his greatest departures from traditional conservative ideology. And Ryan, who repeatedly criticized Trump before the mogul effectively secured the GOP nomination, has made proposing dramatic reductions in the popular social insurance programs a defining feature of his congressional career.

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/05/surprise-surprise-trumps-been-lying-about

[hollysmom]

1. I don't think he is lying about any positions, I think

"everything is negotiable"
the man does really not seem to have a single solid position. I don't believe anything he says except maybe that he would date his daughter.

[Scientific]

2. The Republicans all want to cut Social Security

...and direct any and all $ into their own fat cat pockets,
while tossing everyone else under the freaking bus.

[complain jane]

7. +100

Yes. They want to give free license to Wall Street to rape and pillage further.

[Rose Siding]

3. It's stunning. He lies, admits he lies, admits it's just for votes, then accuses others of pandering

The press grows tired of constantly exposing him because ----->Clinton!

His voters don't care. We just have to make sure they remain the minority.

[Iliyah]

4. I'll say one thing, if any GOPers gets in with a majority congress

I can kiss my SSN goodbye.

[realmirage]

5. This is what the election season is about now

The dem primary is over. The people will begin to wake up to the reality reeeal soon

[complain jane]

6. His ace in the hole

is that he's a "negotiator". So he'll go back on everything he says that's impossible or that he didn't really mean, claiming that it's all part of "negotiating".

I hate this guy with the heat of a thousand suns.