'That’s not a Republican plan': McConnell distances GOP from Scott on Social Security, Medicare sunset plan

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said any idea on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare belongs Sen. Rick Scott—not the GOP. “Unfortunately, that was the Scott plan, that’s not a Republican plan,” McConnell said on a Kentucky radio program. McConnell’s comments about Scott, a GOP rival, come as the White House continues to spotlight how Republicans heckled — and apparently committed not to touch entitlement programs — during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this week. “Speaker (Kevin) McCarthy said Social Security and Medicare are not to be touched...