Trump at rally: Democrats "want to raid Medicare to pay for socialism."

[highplainsdem]

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Didn't hear it myself, since I couldn't stand to listen to it.

I'm seeing multiple tweets about it, including this one from Slate's Will Saletan:

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Trump in Indiana, on Democrats: "They want to raid Medicare to pay for socialism."

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Editing to add a tweet from Josh Marshall with video of Trump saying this:

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[C_U_L8R]

1. That doesn't even make sense

Those Trump toadies must have eaten it right up

[ooky]

16. It's a room full of the dumbest people on the planet.

Their own party proposing budget cuts to Medicare. And I doubt any of them know.

[ck4829]

24. Trump said "socialism", you're supposed to boo and hiss

That's what Real Americans (tm) do.

[The Blue Flower]

2. idiot

I think what's left of his hair is growing inward.

[Lucky Luciano]

3. those dimwits probably don't realize Medicare is a subset of socialism. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

38. Right? But what to expect from dimwits with signs that read, Keep your gov't hands off my Medicare.

[kentuck]

4. Socialism...say it over and over and over...

That's their plan.

[at140]

5. Trump's tax cuts gave his corporation

$20 Million tax cut every year! While working folks got may be 1/10000 of that amount.

[PaulX2]

6. Makes Perect Sense On Foxworld

On my planet Earth it is just crazy talk.

[bluestarone]

7. The biggest problem as i see it is

HIS FUCKING BASE BELIEVE THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. I can hear it now: "Dummycrats-- keep yer socialist hands off my Medicare!"

[area51]

36. You can't fix stupid.

[Tiggeroshii]

9. Democrats want to use socialism to pay for socialism? The guys sounding loonier by the day

[Doodley]

10. We need a press conference by Democrats each day to call out Trump's lies.

[dhill926]

11. I like this idea....

[kimbutgar]

12. Like a Democratic spokesperson who goes out everyday to debunk the orange maggot

Someone energetic, humorous and sharp on their feet. Everyday they go on all cable shows for a 3-5 minute segment. The taken years is there. We need you now.

[Doodley]

15. Exactly, but I would like to see several dozen Democrats standing

behind the podium. I would like to see experts also speak to debunk his lies about science, the economy, climate change, etc. I would like to see victims of his policies, such as people who have lost their healthcare who are sick, and those who has insulted. It should be an event that will grab headlines. We need to call him out and call him out loud for all to hear.

[fierywoman]

30. Al Franken.

[Garrett78]

18. I suggested this months ago.

The DNC should hire someone (maybe Fugelsang) to give a daily press conference for the purpose of addressing the lies told over the previous 24 hours.

The Trump Administration is Orwellian, and the DNC needs to do something provocative in response. "Over the last 24 hours, the administration told even more lies than usual. Those lies were as follows: 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9... As for lie #1..."

It would be different than watching a program on MSNBC. It would be done under the banner of the DNC and the sole purpose would be addressing lies.

[highplainsdem]

40. I agree.

[spanone]

13. he has no idea what thee fuck he's talking about

[GReedDiamond]

14. Dumb fucking moron asshole...nt

[roamer65]

17. He's mentally unstable.

Needs to be 25th’ed ASAP.

[uppityperson]

19. None of that makes any sense.

[Liberal In Texas]

20. No, you want to cut our Social Security and Medicare to pay for

your corporate welfare and gifts to your rich friends.

Already the Siberian Candidate says we can't afford 2.5% pay raises for federal employees this year.

Taking back our congress is the only way to slow these guys down.

[madamesilverspurs]

21. Of course,

because motorcycles don't have doors.

Uh huh.



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[pecosbob]

22. This on the very day that Rubio's plan is announced

to rob your Social Security to pay for work leave. Accuse your opponents of doing what you're doing and keep repeating it...

[smirkymonkey]

23. He is such a fucking idiot.

Someone get the stage hook, please. This blithering idiot has had enough face time.

[Takket]

25. next thing you know they will be raiding the military to pay for tanks

[ck4829]

26. Did someone say "Socialism"? Boo! Hiss! No matter the context I am supposed to jeer!

I am a Real American (tm).

[NickPeace]

27. That's Like Saying

“They want to raid Mecicare to pay for the sun.”

[OhioBlue]

28. This is how he is going to frame it and then the talking heads will start to repeat it

and his base will believe it, and memes will be written about it and other GOP will start making it part of their stump speech and Russian bots and fake websites will start spreading fake studies and attributing fake quotes to Dems.

my guess - this is the planned framing: "Medicare for all, will take half of your medicare and give it to someone else too lazy to work".

He IS like Palin - with those death panels that we all thought were completely ridiculous and then the GOP found end of life counseling in the ACA and rolled it out as proof of death panels....

DNC should hit back hard now - point out that it is the Dems that pushed for Medicare and fight to save Medicare.

[JDC]

29. Idiots one and all

[fierywoman]

31. This is what the boos are going to sound like when they finally realize he projects

all over the place and that he's actually talking about his/their party not ours.

[David__77]

32. I appreciate that he is popularizing "socialism."

If Trump is against it, many will at least be open to exploring it.

[Zambero]

33. We were once told that Medicare WAS socialism

Ronald Reagan preached this to the conservative faithful before he was ever elected governor. So, in other words, socialism is paying for socialism. OK then. Sounds very self-sufficient!

[dchill]

34. He's pooping suet. Again.

N'est ce pas?

[duforsure]

35. He's counting on the fact that they won't investigate his claims

And discover the KGOP have been working to destroy Medicaid , Medicare, and Social Security, and trump uses this tactic to lie and con people into believing his lies. He's counting on them to do nothing but believe whatever he claims is true, and many of them are too lazy I guess to check his statements out as facts. Lying works for a con artist , and he takes advantage of it on those that ignore the truth because he said to. They'll wake up just like many others that realize he's liar and a con artist , and screwed them over with many others too , and he could really care less. This is a regular pattern from trump, saying anything to fool them, then repeat it over and over again.

[pansypoo53219]

37. meanwhile, the moron will drain it for tax cuts for the wealthy.

[Vinca]

39. I hate to break it to the Orange Fuhrer, but Medicare IS socialism.

And we want to expand it so everyone has their own demon, socialist doctor to go to if they get sick.