Bernie Sanders Can Exploit Donald Trump's Weaknesses [View all]

[DanTex]

Voters are sick of politicians, including Trump, saying they'll protect SS and Medicare, and then getting into office and proposing cuts. These are things voters care about, and Bernie's got the best unwavering record of fighting to defend and expand them all.

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-social-security-medicare-medicaid

Donald Trump has broken promises to leave Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid alone. This basic dishonesty leaves him vulnerable to attack — but only by Bernie Sanders, because Sanders has the longest and strongest record defending the exact programs Trump wants to cut.

In May 2015, when Donald Trump was polling at 5 percent in the Republican presidential primary, he told a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa, “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican, and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.”

It’s easy to forget, but promising to leave benefits for seniors alone was part of Trump’s campaign message from the beginning. Things have changed. At the annual ruling-class summit in Davos, Switzerland, last week, a reporter asked Trump if “entitlement cuts” would “ever be on your plate.” Trump answered that “at some point they will be,” adding, “At the right time, we will take a look at that.”