“Fact: Trump announced a budget to cut Social Security and Medicare every single year he was in office.”
Harris-Walz campaign
KamalaHQ account on X. social media post on X platform. Claim dated 14 Aug 2024.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
Most of these "cuts" were intended to improve the financing of the programs and did not harm seniors.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Harris-Walz campaign (KamalaHQ account on X) made this claim around 14 August 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 August 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Where the claim appeared
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