Walz mocks Trump's age at Georgia rally, says he 'does qualify for Social Security'

Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mocked erstwhile President Trump’s property during a Tuesday evening rally successful Georgia.

Walz criticized Trump’s connection to extremity taxing Social Security checks while quipping that Trump himself would beryllium eligible for nan program, which is for Americans aged 62 and older.

"Now, Trump came retired pinch a scheme that if we execute his plan, Social Security will spell collapsed successful six years," he said, referring to a caller study of nan effect of Trump’s taxation proposals connected Social Security.

"Social Security mightiness not beryllium very important to a feline for illustration that. If you're a billionaire and your dada gave you $400 cardinal – you beautiful overmuch squandered each that, but you tin conscionable limp on connected $400 million…he doesn't care. He doesn't attraction that he gets a check."

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mocked erstwhile President Trump's property during a Tuesday evening rally successful Georgia (Getty Images)

The crowd whooped arsenic Walz quipped, "Now he is astir 80, truthful he does suffice for Social Security."

"He does qualify, but he doesn't springiness a damn. My mom cars who's astir 90. She uses her Social Security check," Walz said. "[Democratic 2024 nominee Vice President Kamala Harris] and I will protect Social Security and Medicare and make it stronger."

The erstwhile president's property has been a favourite governmental cudgel for Harris friends since 81-year-old President Biden dropped retired of nan race.

The caller study from nan Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), however, accused some Trump and Harris of a deficiency of capable answers connected Social Security.

On her run website, Harris promised to "protect" Social Security "by making corporations and nan wealthiest Americans salary their adjacent stock successful taxes," though it does not elaborate overmuch further.

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Harris' run website has fewer specifications astir Social Security solvency plans (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Unfortunately, neither campaigner has presented plans to hole Social Security’s finances contempt nan looming $16,500 trim facing a emblematic mates retiring conscionable earlier insolvency," nan CRFB study said.

It did project, however, that Trump’s stated taxation and tariff policies would beforehand nan program’s expected solvency from fiscal twelvemonth 2034 to FY 2031.

The erstwhile president has vowed to protect Social Security and Medicare during galore nationalist appearances connected nan run trail. He told supporters arsenic precocious arsenic Monday evening astatine his ain Georgia event, "I'm nan 1 that's going to make Social Security beardown again."

The evening rally was Walz’s past nationalist extremity successful Georgia connected Tuesday aft multiple nationalist events.

Both nan Harris and Trump campaigns person poured tremendous amounts of clip and resources into nan Peach State, which Biden won by little than 1% successful 2020.

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Both campaigns person poured important resources into Georgia (Megan Varner/ Washington Post)

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The Trump campaign’s Georgia spokesperson Morgan Ackley said of Walz’s day-long swing, "Since Kamala Harris said she wouldn't person done thing different from Joe Biden, Tim Walz is campaigning for different 4 years of unmanaged forbidden immigration, skyhigh prices, and warfare abroad."

"Georgia voters cognize President Trump will hole what Kamala Harris collapsed and flock to nan ballot container for his America First Agenda connected November 5th," Ackley said.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Trump run for remark connected Walz’s circumstantial remarks connected Tuesday evening.

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