House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned on protecting Social Security and Medicare, but now that Republicans control Congress, he’s openly calling to “adjust and fix” these programs—Washington code for slashing benefits. The betrayal is complete: same promises to voters, opposite agenda once in power. They waited until after winning to drop the mask. Source: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/mike-johnson-is-talking-about-cutting-social-safety-net-programs-again