Fifth GOP presidential primary debate: on Social Security

Nikki Haley: Adjust retirement age to 70 for younger workers in their 20s

HALEY: DeSantis voted to raise the retirement age to 73. When I said the retirement age was too low--and you can go to DeSantisLies.com--I said it's too low, if we're going to look at those in their 20s. We have to go and start looking at what we can do to get out of this. We want to make sure that everybody who was promised gets it.

Q: Just a clarification: should voters in their 20s plan on having to work until they're 70?

HALEY: They should plan on their retirement age being increased, yes. We're going to change it to reflect more of what life expectancy should be.

DeSantisLies.com: "LIE: DeSantis falsely claims Haley wants to raise the retirement age for retirees.

TRUTH: Haley has ONLY called for adjusting the retirement age for younger workers in their twenties.

Ron DeSantis: A promise made will be a promise kept

DESANTIS: So, all seniors out there, a promise has been made to you. You've paid into this. Every single paycheck that you've had your entire life they've taken money out of, and that promise needs to be fulfilled. So, that will happen when I'm president. Promise made, promise kept. On the retirement age, there used to be people would say, "well, life expectancy is going up. Shouldn't it mirror that?" Well, the problem now in the last five years is life expectancy is going down. So, I don't see how you can raise the retirement age when our life expectancy is collapsing in this country. That's a huge problem in and of itself. I'll work with both sides of the aisle. We'll work on something for the long-term strengthening, but I am not going to mess with seniors' benefits.

Ron DeSantis: Can't raise retirement age when life expectancy declining

DESANTIS: I would never raise the retirement age in the face of a declining life expectancy. That would be really bad. That hurts blue collar folks. You get taxed your entire life; life expectancy is down. You may not even be recouping very many benefits.

HALEY: Three years in a row, he voted to raise life expectancy to 70 years old, three years in a row. Go to DeSantisLies.com and you'll see it. So, now suddenly he's going to tell you because he's running for president and he's not going to do it, you can't trust him.