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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly in Washington

‘Not on my watch’: Biden pledges to stop cuts to social security and Medicare

Social Security Administration seal.
Joe Biden’s comments came after Donald Trump said there was ‘tremendous amounts of things’ he could do to the popular programmes. Photograph: Nam Y Huh/AP

Joe Biden swiftly seized on Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would cut “entitlements” like social security and Medicare if re-elected, saying: “Not on my watch.”

That was in a presidential tweet. In a campaign speech in New Hampshire on Monday, Biden elaborated.

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