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11 October
5:13 pm

Republicans want to privatize the Social Security program

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Annie Andrews, at South Carolina U.S. Senate General Election Debate (SCETV)

5:13 pm
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Why we checked itThis is a specific political characterization of Republican policy positions on Social Security that can be checked against the actual stated positions of Republican legislators and party platforms
What we foundSome Republicans have historically supported or expressed interest in privatizing Social Security, but the Republican Party's official 2024 platform explicitly opposes cuts and privatization, making a blanket claim that 'Republicans want to privatize' an overstatement of a more mixed and contested reality.
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