Speeches at CPAC (2020s): on Social Security


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: GOP will dismantle any semblance of public safety net

Rep. Lauren Boebert spoke at CPAC about her role in Congress, "We're here to tell government we don't want your benefits. We don't want your welfare."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went head-to-head with Boebert on Twitter using the congresswoman's comments to condemn the Republican Party: "Tell 'em loud and proud girl! GOP will strip your unemployment protections and dismantle any semblance of a public safety net we have left," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet. "Then make working people pay way more for everything on low wages while Wall St gets a meal ticket! Good ol conservative values baby."

Boebert, a divisive figure in the GOP spoke to a cheering crowd at CPAC about her role in Congress. "We're here to tell government: Don't come knocking on my door--you leave us the hell alone," she said to cheers.

Source: Fox News on 2021 CPAC Conference Jul 10, 2021

Lauren Boebert: We're here to tell government we don't want your benefits

Rep. Lauren Boebert spoke at CPAC about her role in Congress, "We're here to tell government we don't want your benefits. We don't want your welfare."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went head-to-head with Boebert on Twitter using the congresswoman's comments to condemn the Republican Party: "Tell 'em loud and proud girl! GOP will strip your unemployment protections and dismantle any semblance of a public safety net we have left," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet. "Then make working people pay way more for everything on low wages while Wall St gets a meal ticket! Good ol conservative values baby."

Boebert, a divisive figure in the GOP spoke to a cheering crowd at CPAC about her role in Congress. "We're here to tell government: Don't come knocking on my door--you leave us the hell alone," she said to cheers.

Source: Fox News on 2021 CPAC Conference Jul 10, 2021

  • The above quotations are from Speeches at Conservative Political Action Conferences (2020s).
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2016 Presidential contenders on Social Security:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI)
Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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