Democrats ready for war to save Social Security from GOP chopping block

On Tuesday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren did something that would have been politically unthinkable for Democrats even a year before: She published a heavily-promoted op-ed on the Fox News site. Yeah, that Fox News.

Unlike in years past, Warren’s foray into hostile territory wasn’t met with scolding that she was legitimizing President Donald Trump’s leading propaganda outlet. Instead, her searing defense of Social Security is the first big step in Democrats’ efforts to protect America’s social safety net by taking the fight directly to conservative media outlets—and it could prove pivotal in the budget battle to come.

Warren’s op-ed is just the beginning of a media blitz that Democrats hope will pin Republicans down on their broken pledges to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. From Capitol Hill to constituent town halls, Democratic lawmakers are finally honing in on a message that works. Now they need to sell it.

They’re getting plenty of help from two unlikely sources: Trump himself and his billionaire henchman Elon Musk, who have managed to bring the Social Security Administration to the brink of collapse thanks to a more than 50% cut in the agency’s technology division. Last month, Daily Kos reported that the SSA website crashed four times in 10 days, causing major headaches for seniors. Problems are even worse in April, with The Washington Post reporting that the website now crashes nearly three times per week, often for up to a full day at a time.

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