Claim: Did Wisconsin US Sen. Ron Johnson say he wants to end Social Security and Medicare?
Fact-check: Did Wisconsin US Sen. Ron Johnson say he wants to end Social Security and Medicare? - Wisconsin Watch
Verdict: no. in august, wisconsin's incumbent republican u.s. sen. ron johnson stated his stance in an interview that the government should make all federal spending—including budget items currently "on automatic pilot" like medicare and social security—discretionary. he argued that this change would allow the government to evaluate and "fix" broken programs.
Organisation: Wisconsin Watch
Author: Jacob Alabab-Moser
Date published: 2022-09-29T20:10:30