Even though it happens to be April Fools’ day, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) wasn’t joking when he accidentally let the proverbial cat out of the bag today while discussing the issue of spending cuts to the federal budget during an appearance on CNBC.
Cassidy was asked by a CNBC host how exactly Republicans would pay for the trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the richest Liar-in-Chief Donald Trump is demanding must be part of any budget package.
“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 noted.
“The 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,” the senator 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?”
“I would say that there is, and that’s where our opportunity lies.”
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), the House minority whip, immediately called Cassidy out on social media.
Despite what Republicans say publicly, they have every intention of trying to slash billions of dollars from every social program. Let’s just hope they fail.
