White House brushes off Biden’s attempts to cut Social Security, Medicare

President Biden’s recently resurfaced attempts to sunset Social Security and Medicare are no longer part of his agenda. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Thursday as Biden traveled to Florida falsely accused Republicans once again of trying to cut the old-age programs. “Is the only difference the fact that Biden’s no longer in favor of that?” a reporter asked Jean-Pierre on Air Force One, referring to Biden’s attacks on a plan by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to sunset all federal laws after five years and Biden’s own 1975 legislation...