Mike Johnson Says He Has A Plan for Additional Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Arrow

In an interview yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid "have to be adjusted and fixed. We have a plan to do that next year." Johnson has claimed that cuts to these critical programs are necessary to reduce the national debt, even though Donald Trump and Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" is expected to add nearly $5 trillion to the debt because of its tax cuts for the rich, despite making the largest cut to Medicaid in history.

In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:

"Donald Trump and his loyal foot soldiers in Congress aren't even trying to hide their plans to gut programs that hardworking Americans rely on. Trump and Republicans already made the largest cut to Medicaid in history, and now they are taking every opportunity to sell out working families and rip away retirement benefits, healthcare, and food assistance."

Trump administration officials have not been quiet about their goal of slashing entitlement programs, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who called Trump Accounts a "backdoor" to privatizing Social Security.