Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
President Joe Biden's reelection campaign launched a digital ad late Monday spotlighting presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's suggestion that he would be open to cutting Social Security and Medicare if he wins another White House term—comments his campaign scrambled to walk back.
' As Biden's team moved swiftly to spotlight and condemn Trump's comments, the former president's campaign rushed to recast them, claiming he was referring only to 'cutting waste' in Social Security and Medicare. An overwhelming majority of the U.S. public—81% of likely voters, according to one recent poll—is opposed to Social Security cuts, a fact that may help explain the Trump campaign's attempt to explain away the former president's comments.
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