Republicans say they'll hold the USA hostage, cutting Social Security & more. Alex Lawson explains.
Social Security Works executive director Alex Lawson visits with us to discuss the consequences of giving Republicans the majority - hold Social Security & Medicare hostage to the debt ceiling.
The Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy believes he will be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. It has emboldened him. He is telegraphing the hostage-taking he intends to inflict on Americans to cut Social Security and Medicare to continue gutting the government to give tax cuts to GOP funders.
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