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Months since announcing his presidential bid, trump advisers are taking steps to position him for a protracted campaign, building out a policy platform including an education plan heavy on culture war proposals. >> our public schools have been taken over by the radical left maniacs. >> reporter: the former president is also set to dial up his travel in the coming weeks with an event planned in iowa next week, just days after florida governor ron desantis plans to visit the key early nominating s...

Seconds, what biden used in the mud term election campaign, people told him not to and it worked. >> thats why mitch mcconnell didnt want him to write that down. he doesnt believe those programs. this is why theres going to be a lot of hesitant to write down what they do want. there are a number that want to cut the entitlement programs. there are a number of republicans that support them. >> this fight is not going away. nz. >> the way those programs have been dealt with in the past successful ...

Benefits. but it is obviously something that trump made a litmus test for the party and made a dividing line in the party and that we have seen become a source of tension in the party between, for example, mitch mcconnell and rick scott because these entitlement programs are incredibly popular. 80, 90% of voters do not want to see any changes to social security. theyre just viewed as a guarantee and something that many americans feel like theyve earned. so, you know, that was a big part of trump...

Trying to get rid of social security for quite some time. >> not all republicans. >> we have heard from several of them. the ideas of sunsetting israel. >> rick scott who came up with this idea is now exempting medicare and social security. >> yes. when you get public backlash of course they will recoil to a certain extent. i think its important that the media investigate this. a stark contrast for long time. >> jason, you served in the house. everyone knows you have to grapple with these two en...

Aside, understands that it has a problem when it comes to their stance on social safety net problems. writ large, there is a debate about how public the gop can be with their intention to slash social safety net programs. we have donald trump out there saying, it is -- rick scott should not be talking about the slashing of social security and medicare, we are not going to talk about the sun setting of entitlement programs. its a bad idea. lets not do that. bad news for rick scott of florida. the...

Treat additional potential unidentified aircraft. >> white house is turning its attention back to bidens agenda. seizes on an op-ed by republican senator rick scott pledging to protect social security and medicare. >> president cob graduate late senator scott on joining the post state of the union red wave as we have seen from republicans acknowledging that they are, in fact, been attempting to put medicare and social security on the chopping block. >> so, even though both sides apparently now a...

Youd want to look at but it is so toxic it managed to bring mitch mcconnell and former president trump together. >> it really is remarkable how the politics have so shifted on this issue. it wasnt too long ago that george w. bush tried to privatize social security and got major pushback. it wasnt too long ago republicans were talking about raising the retirement age and changes to the program to provide means testing on benefits. changes that would limit benefits. they are not talking about doin...

Because they will no longer have to pay big prices to big pharma. >> harris: senator scott had this for the president. the only person who is confused here is joe biden. ill give him one thing, scott says, bidens decision to not keep $280 billion in medicare is a cut and thats consistent with his years long work to cut and attack entitlement programs. >> weve seen the president saying when he was a senator cutting social security and medicare. he said it over and over. >> president biden: it is ...

Entitlement programs, that ultimately is a translation to getting rid of social security and medicare. whether or not theyre clear on that yet, thats where it leads. >> thats why the conversation begins. coming up, ron desantis faces a conundrum. fire back at donald trump or take the high road. a story line that could play out fairly soon as we head deeper into the 2024 cycle. the day you get your clearchoice dental implants makes every day... a "lets dig in" day... mm. ...a "chow down" day... a...

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