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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Politics
Alex Roarty and Katie Glueck

The GOP's new attack: Democrats want to 'end' Medicare

WASHINGTON _ Rick Scott said it. Republican candidates have featured it in ads. And even President Donald Trump leaned into it during a rally last month.

Two months before Election Day, some Republicans have embraced an unexpected new way to attack Democratic candidates: The party of Medicare for All, they charge, actually wants to take away Medicare from senior citizens.

It's an attack Democrats hotly contest, dismissing it as proof positive the GOP is failing to find a winning message in a challenging political climate.

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