Republican attack ads against Warnock and Kelly are lying about Medicare cuts

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/politics/fact-check-nrsc-warnock-kelly-medicare/index.html


Washington
CNN
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The official campaign arm of Senate Republicans has been running attack ads that mislead viewers about how a law signed by President Joe Biden in August will affect seniors enrolled in Medicare.

One of the National Republican Senatorial Committee ads shows a senior sitting alone, looking sad, as a narrator claims Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia supported “deep cuts in Medicare spending.” A second ad shows a senior receiving help moving his legs as the narrator claims, “Warnock voted with Biden to slash Medicare spending.” A third ad features a claim that Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona “went along with nearly $300 billion less in Medicare spending for seniors.”

Small text in all three ads makes clear that these Medicare claims are about Warnock and Kelly voting for the Inflation Reduction Act, the major health care, climate and tax law that squeaked through the Senate thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote.

But experts on Medicare say that the ads deceptively depict that law.

Facts First: While the Inflation Reduction Act is expected to reduce Medicare prescription drug spending by the federal government, that’s because the law will allow the government to spend less money to buy medications from pharmaceutical companies – not because the law will cut the benefits received by seniors enrolled in Medicare. In reality, the law makes Medicare substantially more generous to seniors.

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[Caliman73]

1. Wait, what? Republicans lying? ...

I am glad the media is caching and reporting on this, but Conservatives/Republicans lie all the time. They cannot win if they tell the truth, so they either use emotional buzz words like "Freedom", "Religious Liberty", etc... or they straight up lie about situations.

[Elessar Zappa]

2. All they do is lie.

[sakabatou]

3. Because it's actually the REPUKES that want to cut it

[Blue 808]

4. I still don't understand..

..why Truth in Advertising laws do not apply to political ads... with heavy penalties for BS...