“Commitment to America” News

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McCarthy presented his “Commitment to America” agenda to the House GOP conference on Thursday, laying out a series of priorities for Republicans to pursue if they retake the House in 2022.

“So if you see, like, the third bullet point in whatever this is suggests that the federal government needs to fund incentives for 200,000 new law enforcement. I do not believe in the federal government being excessively entangled in state and local law enforcement. It is not practical,” Gaetz told the Caller.

Gaetz also suggested that McCarthy may have gotten the idea from ex-GOP pollster and communications consultant Frank Luntz, noting that McCarthy rented a room in Washington, D.C., from Luntz and called him his “roommate.”

“It is unsound constitutionally. And it is disappointing to see something that doesn’t align with traditional Republican principles on federalism emerging out of some, you know, poll tested focus groups from the roommate of the minority leader,” Gaetz said.

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Gaetz Rips McCarthy’s ‘Commitment To America’ Agenda

Rep. Matt Gaetz slammed Kevin McCarthy's

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Any money coming from the federal Government will come with strings attached.
More like ropes.

 

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Any money coming from the federal Government will come with strings attached.
More like ropes.

Shackles.

 

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The enemy of your enemy is not your friend. They are still your enemy and only stupid people join forces with them.

 

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Misinformation About House Republicans’ ‘Commitment To America’ Plan Runs Rampant On Social Media​

“Raise the age of medicare eligibility to 75 and eligibility ends for anyone over 90,” the image continued.

The actual Commitment to America plan does not mention efforts to raise the eligibility for Social Security and Medicare to 75 years of age and does not end eligibility at 90 years of age. according to the plan’s goals. Instead, the plan calls to “save and strengthen Social Security and Medicare.”

On Monday, McCarthy’s director of strategic communications Mark Bednar said that that image was “fabricated” and contains “false information,” the Associated Press reported.

Fact checkers from Reuters, Newsweek, Politifact and the Associated Press have ruled that the image is false, noting that social media users have circulated the misinformation since at least Oct. 15.

 

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Fact Check-Fabricated ‘Commitment to America’ graphic circulates inaccurate Republican agenda ahead of Midterms​

An image subsequently circulated purporting to show key policy points under the aforementioned plan.

The ‘Commitment to America’ banner is viewable across the upper-third of the image with opening text that reads: “Entitlements are bankrupting our country and the future of our children. Republicans are the only party with a plan to address our fiscal crisis and commit to the following if you give us the Majority in November.”

Some of the supposed policy points listed include a tax on disabled veterans benefits and raising the age of Medicare eligibility to 75 and a cut-off for those aged 90 and above.

Examples of the image shared online can be found (here), (here), (here), (here), (here) and (here).