“They’re setting the groundwork to ‘eliminate‘ Americans’ hard-earned benefits like Social Security and Medicare all to fund tax breaks for their ultra-wealthy backers.”
What FactCheck.org found
Experts share a concern that disorderly actions by the Trump administration could cause administrative errors and disruptions, but there has been no proposed change to benefits mandated by law.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Democratic National Committee made this claim around 17 March 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 April 2025, 23 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Democratic National Committee has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.