Republican Sen. Rick Scott Friday backtracked on his plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that President Joe Biden called out during his fiery State of the Union speech.
The Florida senator on Friday wrote that he was amending his so-called Rescue America plan to exempt the untouchable retirement benefits from potentially facing the chopping block every five years — while slamming Biden for pushing a “Democrat lie” that the plan supported slashing the programs.
“Note to President Biden ... As you know, this was never intended to apply to Social Security, Medicare, or the U.S. Navy,” Scott wrote in an opinion piece in the conservative Washington Examiner newspaper.
