Senator Bernie Sanders criticized President Trump's address to Congress for repeating false claims that Social Security benefits are being paid to deceased individuals. Bernie Sanders labeled Trump's assertions as an 'outrageous lie', aiming to manipulate perceptions of the program to justify possible reductions in its budget. Sanders emphasized that Social Security is an effective anti-poverty measure, lifting millions of Americans out of poverty each year. He urged that Trump's narrative is deceptive and a threat to a beloved national program during economic uncertainty.
Tonight, Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks. That is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security and dismantling the most successful and popular government program in history.
By slashing all of the fraud, waste and theft we can find, we will defeat inflation, bring down mortgage rates, lower car payments and grocery prices, protect our seniors and put more money in the pockets of American families.
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