Biden To Deliver Remarks On Social Security And Medicare

President Joe Biden is shortly due to deliver remarks on "protecting Social Security and Medicare and lowering prescription drug costs."

• Livestream: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
• Biden will say that the GOP has promised to "strip Medicare of the right to negotiate drug prices and remove the $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket pharmacy expenses."
• Biden will argue that Republican Senator, and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair, Rick Scott (R-FL) "has championed a plan to put Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security on the chopping block every five years."
• Biden will argue that "Congressional Republicans have repeatedly pledged to hold the American economy hostage by refusing to raise the debt limit unless they can cut Social Security and Medicare benefits..."
• Scott has been a regular target of the White House despite Republican lawmakers seeking to distance themselves from Scott's "plan," arguing that Democrat allegations on Medicare and Social Security are disingenuous.
• The Hill: "Despite Republicans vehemently denying Democratic attacks, the White House and others feel that messaging around Social Security and Medicare is not only an effective midterm message, but a necessary warning to the public about what could happen under GOP control in the next two years."