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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...

Moment of leadership where i think americans understand that we cannot stay on the path that we are on. but the falsehood is the idea that you have to ask seniors or people that will retire the next 20 years to make any changes. you dont. you can offer alternatives to younger americans who wont think about retirement for decades. to give them a better deal and still keep all of the promises that we made to seniors. >> neil: it might sound good on paper, but mike pence step on a third rail and ta...

Talk about reform. they dont want to talk about p publicly but privately. the details of what reform look like sounds to a lot of americans like cuts. like their benefits are going to change. >> you could structure it any way you wanted to, if americans were fully committed to keeping the programs the way they currently work youd probably just have to raise a ton of taxes or come up with revenue another way as long as people continue to live for a long time and there are a lot of people in a cer...

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Administration knows that we can use to make our nation more safe? why did it take days for this balloon to get to our heartland before they did anything about it? what are we doing to make sure that our defense industrial base is strong enough to defend ourselves if it does come to that? >> steve: sure. as we look off the coast of myrtle beach and theyre dragging up part of that gigantic balloon canopy right there, you know, if any of the devices john, in the last three days that were destroyed...

There is a reason cutting medicare and social security is considered the third rail of american politics. and what rick scott did is he touched that rail and got branded. came out with handcuffs -- florida voters, once they get wind of this, this is an act of -- across the country -- as opposed to i have seen how unpopular any efforts to attempt to cut medicare or social security are -- i thought it was just genius by president biden to come out and make rick scott the face of this. you saw the ...

Holder for the most times he has been heckled as a comedian. >> that is just you heckling me. >> [laughter] fernand, the big thing here is fresh on the heels of his feud with biden, you had senator rick scott foot at what he is calling the protect our seniors act, which is like the irony of all ironies. and in this press release, he claimed that he has been fighting since they won to protect and preserve programs like social security and medicare. and now it is unclear where his previous proposa...

Attack on their first amendment rights. i think democrats need to continue this game. upsetting the narrative. theyre showing that theyre not messing around in these hearings. representative plaskett said theyre going, to keep going. we know the democrats know how to call out this mess in a very clear way with the american public. >> i want to switch gears real quickly the math had that we have left. ive got senator -- talk about social security. matt, the battle that president biden seems to ha...