Looks Like Sean Hannity Was Caught In A Big Fat Lie

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sean Hannity appeared to utter a big fat lie on Fox News this week, claiming no Republican has ever said they wanted to take away Social Security.

Cue the riposte from the Twitter user Acyn, who shared 2010 video of Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), then a candidate, saying his objective was “to phase out Social Security ― to pull it out by the roots and get rid of it.”

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Hannity’s comment on Tuesday’s “Hannity” added to the conservative channel’s dismissal of Democratic Party concerns over the fate of Social Security as “scare tactics” before Tuesday’s midterm elections.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that congressional Republicans “have embraced plans to reduce federal spending on Social Security and Medicare, including cutting benefits for some retirees and raising the retirement age for both safety net programs.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/looks-like-sean-hannity-was-caught-in-a-big-fat-lie/ar-AA13GEh8

[Jerry2144]

1. This is not news

What is news would be if evidence ever emerged that showed Hannity told the truth about anything in the political realm

[Ray Bruns]

16. Must be a day ending in y.

I would watch Sean Hannity if, during a show, the dark figures from the movie “Ghost” appeared and dragged him to hell.

[kimbutgar]

2. Hannity lacks the ability to admit he ever lied and spreads misinformation

He has no conscience whatsoever.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. That's a political ad, right there

Two deplorables - an unapologetic granny starver and a lying sack of shit - in their own words. The repuQs can run ads with the scary-voice guy telling lies, but there’s no denying these words from two horse’s asses.

[jmbar2]

4. The Republican plan to do away with social security

Was just reading a very good thread on the history of Republican efforts to drown social security in the bathtub.

One of their strategies involves pitting generations against one another, making young ones resentful of elders receiving social security. I still see that crop up a lot on social media.

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. I frame that argument this way....

Republicans are waging economic war on my adult children and my grandchildren by taking away Social Security and Medicare.

Seems to work better and is the truth.

[jmbar2]

11. Another good frame

Without SS and Medicare, your parents may need to come live with you. Scares the bejeebers out of 'em.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

18. Lol! You win the framing war.

[calimary]

26. GOOD one!

EXCELLENT, in fact.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. I frame that argument this way....

Republicans are waging economic war on my adult children and my grandchildren by taking away Social Security and Medicare.

Seems to work better and is the truth.

[LakeArenal]

5. Ron Johnson has said it, written it , videoed it.

I think he has a tattoo with End Social Security on his penis, he gets off on the idea so much.

[bluesbassman]

10. Must be some really fine print.

Doncha know. 😂

[LakeArenal]

13. Micro....

[Traildogbob]

30. His shiny bald head

Is the tip of his penis.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

19. Is there a 1 point Sans Serif font?

[lpbk2713]

6. It's second nature.

He's been lying for so long he doesn't know when he's doing it any more.

[Stuart G]

7. Not new. That is who they are: "Liars and Takers from the poor"

[Nevilledog]

8. ...

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[GenThePerservering]

37. Cripes on a bike!

Post a WARNING before showing that photo lol. Now I'm gonna have nightmares that Skeletor is coming for me.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

14. He get paid by the lie, the bigger the lie the more he makes

Crap his bosses literally read the "the emperor has no clothes" and he sold it to many people in the form of TFG

[Cha]

15. Save SS.. Vote Dems!

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[FoxNewsSucks]

17. He's lied more than once.

A lot more.

[ItsjustMe]

20. Ode To Sean Hannity

[calimary]

27. I LOVE this! GREAT quote!

Love you, too, John Cleese!

[malaise]

39. Sweet

😀

[lees1975]

21. I love it when they make statements like that, though

because they are shown saying it, then there's a whole video montage of Republicans saying exactly what he says they didn't say. That's got to be worth some votes, and a laugh, somewhere.

[Meadowoak]

22. What I saw and heard when I early voted this morning. The

Longest lines I've ever seen here in rural KY. Almost all seniors, and what I heard was social security and medicare. I think this might have backfired for the Republicans. I've never waited more than 5 minutes to vote. Today was over an hour.

[sakabatou]

23. Wake me up when Sean Insanity tells the truth.

[calimary]

28. You're in for a VERY long nap, my friend.

His middle name might as well be Pinocchio.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Here's a few oldies but goodies: "I was there, fighting the fight, one of twelve voting against

Medicare, because we knew it wouldn't work, in 1965." Senator Bob Dole.

"Now we didn't get rid of it in round one because we don't think it's politically smart. But we believe (Medicare) is going to wither on the vine." House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

"Medicare has no place in a free world. Social Security is a rotten trick. I think we're going to have to (bite the bullet) on Social Security and phase it out over time." House Majority Leader Dick Armey

Cheney and Rumsfeld cast votes against Medicare in 1964.

The point being, the Repukes have been salivating to end all vestiges of assistance to make people's lives better, as FDR intended. They hate the idea of "helping" and prefer punishment to make people subservient. Hell, they would bring back indentured servitude or slavery in a heartbeat and that is what is already happening incrementally.

[calimary]

31. Simple explanation: Republicans DON'T want to help you.

They don’t want to have to.

They don’t believe in helping anybody, period.

They don’t believe in helping anybody but themselves.

And at the same time, they have the nerve to profess how “Christian” they are.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. Agreed. Carlin said it best: "We know what they want. They want more for themselves and less

for you. And now they're coming after your social security. And they'll get it too. And give it to their rich, criminal friends on Wall Street."

from "American Dream". If you haven't viewed it, he speaks to "Christians" in that piece and in others. I miss that man.

[Deuxcents]

36. Me, too. His warnings are still relevant

[Lonestarblue]

25. Social Security is OUR money. It doesn't belong to the government.

Having Republicans say they want to cut SS is the same as saying they want retirees to starve to death. Talk about a death cult. The same with Medicare. They want to fully privatize it through Medicare Advantage with no more government support or control so that seniors will be required to pay through the nose for any medical care.

The simple solution for the SS fund is to simply remove the cap on earnings. You know who would pay most into the fund? Those who earn millions in salaries and bonuses every year and their employers. That would keep SS alive for many decades. Seems fair because they’re the people paying lower income tax rates than most of us.

I’m not up to date on the costs of Medicare for All, but I would think that total costs might not in increase all that much if all medical programs, like child health programs and Medicaid, were rolled into a national program. I would think administrative costs would be reduced significantly because everyone would simply be eligible. The government would also then have enormous negotiating power to reduce drug prices and other medical costs. As just one example, an uncomplicated hospital delivery of a baby costs as much as $20,000 in the US. The same delivery would cost less than $2,000 in the UK.

[Rebl2]

29. They have

been trying from the beginning of SS to end it.

[Delmette2.0]

33. My son reminded me last night that the r's just don't want to pay back

what Congress has borrowed from the Social Security Trust. I googled it. Sorry I have not figured out how to copy the entire link. Just google 'how much has congress borrowed from social security'.

I found $2.3 trillion according to a NASDAQ article in Feb 2019.

When they talk about the burden on the general fund it's just that they don't want to pay it back!!!

[Wounded Bear]

34. "A" lie? I think that's an undercount...

[Initech]

35. When is Hannity ever *NOT* lying?

[Ligyron]

38. The more taxes were cut, the worse off the average American became.

Correlation doesn't automatically mean causation, but I think in this case it does and before long we couldn't afford nice things.

If you're old enough to have lived through the late fifties/early sixties, you could easily see a comfortable lifestyle gradually slipping away over the years for most people. It was gradual in the beginning and then increased dramatically around the time of the 1st oil embargo ... or so it seems to me.

...and the came Raygun at which point many housewives had to join the workforce, (if they hadn't already), in order for families to maintain anything close to their previous lifestyle. Before long, owning a house like their parents did, the very one they grew up in, became fiscally impossible.

[Genki Hikari]

40. It's a day ending in "y."

So par for the course.

What else is new about that jerkwad lying? How is that news?

[Emile]

41. LOL after 4 years of Trump its clear all republicans lie.

[Permanut]

42. Gotta bring in Rush Limbaugh..

"Roosevelt is dead, his policies may live on, but we're in the process of doing something about that as well."

Those policies would of course, include Social Security.

[Rural_Progressive]

43. The real pisser is if the SS fund hadn't been treated like a candy jar

with different Congresses raiding it whenever that wanted to pay for a war or tax cuts for the rich or [fill in the blank] over the past 50 years there would be a whole lot of our money left to cover our needs.