'Finally told the truth': GOP senator mistakenly admits he wants to 'cut Medicare'
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the House minority whip, called out Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) after he accidentally admitted Republicans want to "cut Medicare."
During a Tuesday interview on CNBC, Cassidy was asked how Republicans would pay for the trillions of dollars in tax cuts that President Donald Trump has demanded.
"If you add all that up, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said that that would cut revenue by somewhere between five and $11.2 trillion over the next 10 years," the CNBC host told the GOP senator.
"President has said, for example, that he doesn't wanna touch Medicare and Medicaid," Cassidy replied. "What he means is not don't go after things which was inappropriate spending. He's saying don't cut benefits to beneficiaries."
"Let's bring that approach not to just what DOGE is doing, discretionary spending, but let's look at Medicare," he continued. "Is there some way that we can cut Medicare so that it's, excuse me, reform Medicare so the benefits stay the same, but that is less expensive, more efficient?"
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"I would say that there is, and that's where our opportunity lies."
Clark responded to Cassidy's slip on X.
"Well, Republicans finally told the truth," she wrote. "They're coming for Medicaid. They're coming for Social Security. And they're coming for Medicare."