#shorts On 2/27/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “The President is going to put out a plan soon on Social Security. Senator Sanders would like to see an expansion of benefits. He’d like to see that paid through ending payroll taxes on higher-income Americans. How does the President assess this? And does he think you could actually expand Social Security benefits while still strengthening the long-term viability of the system?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: … what we see right now and what the President is focused on is the immediate threat that we’ve been hearing from Republicans for some time on cutting Social Security, on cutting — on cutting Medicare. And — and so, look, we’re going to — we’re going to fight that. The President said he’s — you heard him during the State of the Union. He was very, very — very strong and very clear … As I’ve mentioned, the President is going to have a budget that he’s going to put forth next — next week — no, not next week — March 9th. I can’t even remember what — where we are in the month …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ZvPQ8sTt7EI
Q: Sanders Social Security? A: GOPs want to cut Social Security