claim: "republicans in congress are plotting to take away medicare, medicaid and social security."
author: ron wyden
evidence_1: oct 17, 2018 ... congress would have to approve the spending cuts, and lawmakers have ... and  argued that it's being driven by medicare, social security and medicaid. ... we  have and give it away,” says an actor in one republican ad ...
evidence_2: oct 22, 2018 ... the gop is still aiming to privatize social security and medicare. ... in this case,  the plot revolves around the gop's long-held plan to gut social security and  medicare. ... enormously popular and have lifted millions out of old-age poverty.  ... the entitlement issue [social security, medicare and medicaid], and ...
evidence_3: oct 17, 2018 ... the deficit is rising, so republicans want to cut social security and medicare ...  republicans have removed all doubt: when it comes to the federal deficit, ...  news that congress should target social security and medicare for cuts to ... to  contain spending on medicare, medicaid and social security, and said ...
evidence_4: ... in congress are plotting to take away medicare, medicaid and social security.  .... gop will not be taking away social security, medicare or medicaid but they ...
evidence_5: nov 5, 2018 ... never mind that social security and medicare are self-funded and don't  contribute to the deficit. ... in this election is a vote to cut social security, medicare , and medicaid.” ... if republicans hold onto congress — or even if they keep one  ... lair, republicans have laid out their blueprint for the future of social ...