About the future of Social Security

4 • Aug. 19, 2020 Op/Ed & Letters

Social Security Act is 85

L. LOUISE LUCAS & LENI GONZALEZ

Virginia, and the rest of the country, commemorated the 85th Anniversary of the Social Security Act on Aug. 14. In Virginia, there are over 1 million Social Security beneficiaries.

Working Virginians have paid into the Social Security program throughout their lives with the confidence that it will be there for them in their golden years. But partisan attacks have put the future of Social Security in jeopardy.

Especially in the wake of the

L. Louise Lucas

administration’s executive order and promise to gut funding for Social Security down the road,

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It was a familiar line of attack by Trump against Black candidates: he was an original “birther,” questioning whether former President Barack Obama was really born in Hawaii, as he – and his birth certificate – stated, or in Kenya, as conspiracy theorists alleged.

A Virginia mayor faced calls for his resignation this week after writing on his Facebook page that Biden had “just announced Aunt Jemima” as his running mate. Trump also linked gender and race in a fear-mongering tweet after Harris was picked, tweeting that “The ‘suburban housewife’ will be voting for me. They want safety & are thrilled that I ended the long running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood. Biden would reinstall it, in a bigger form, with Corey Booker in charge!” Booker, whose name Trump misspelled, is an African American, Democratic senator from New Jersey.

Meanwhile, critics on social media have made snarky remarks about Harris’ long-ago relationship with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, suggesting – sometimes with crude language – that she used a romantic relationship to get ahead professionally. Brown, who earlier last week penned an op-ed saying Harris should “politely decline” the vice presidency in favor of being attorney general, later said he was very pleased at the pick.

“It’s already coming. We’re already seeing it. It’s Trump and Republican playbook 101 – throw all the sexist and racist tropes out there and see” what sticks, said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List.

“What I do think has changed in a real way is that particularly the swing voters, the independent voters, they want leadership. They want solutions, They are scared. They are worried about whether their kids are going to be able to go to school. They are worried about their parents getting COVID. There’s no oxygen for these attacks” against Harris, Schriock said.

Clinton’s candidacy included its own series of sexist attacks, whether it was questions about her “likability” or whether her voice was “shrill.” She lost, but gender studies experts say the experience united many women – millions of whom turned out the day after Trump's inauguration to march for women's rights and respect.

“What we saw was that the sexist rhetoric around Clinton, and Trump’s sexism itself, really motivated women,” said Amanda Clayton, a Vanderbilt University political science professor who focuses on gender and politics. Clayton notes that 2018 was another “year of the woman” in politics, with females comprising more than half of new Democratic congressional candidates that year.

EMILY’s List, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, has had more than 55,000 women approach the group about running for office – more than 50 times the number who reached out in the previous election cycle.

And Harris is no stranger to sexist and racist attacks, notes Amanda Hunter, research and communications director for the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, a women’s equity group.

“She has successfully navigated all kinds of bias for years,” Hunter said. “She’s well-positioned to handle this pressure.”

And while the sexist comments continue to come from the social media sphere and the White House, Democratic voters have changed the dynamic since Ferraro’s days as vice presidential nominee, Hunter notes. For example, when Democratic presidential primary candidate Beto O’Rourke remarked – apparently as a self-deprecating joke – that his wife, Amy, is “raising, sometimes with my help,” their children, Democratic rank-and-file jumped all over him.

And while Ferraro’s candidacy was an anomaly at the time, it’s likely to be the future – at least in Democratic politics, Clayton said.

“It would be incredibly tone-deaf to have two white men on the ticket” now, Clayton said. “We forget how quickly it was the norm. It can never be the norm again in the Democratic Party.” we need to redouble our efforts to defend this program. I’m confident that Vice President Biden and Senator Harris will do just that. On today’s anniversary, we are reminded of the parents, grandparents, and those with disabilities who rely on this program to make it through tough times like those we face today.”

While the Trump administration threatens Social Security funding, nearly 37 percent of older Virginians

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would live in poverty without those benefits. It is unbelievable that in the middle of a pandemic, Donald Trump is putting Social Security at risk at a time when seniors are suffering. On this anniversary of the Social Security Act, we need to renew our commitment to Virginia’s seniors and people with disabilities. They depend on this crucial system.

Many senior Latinos depend on Social Security, especially in the middle of this COVID pandemic. We need leadership at the top who not only helps address this pandemic, but also works to protect Social Security when we need it the most. Lucas is Senate President Pro-Tempore and represents Portsmouth in the Virginia Senate. Gonzalez is a Latina community activist.

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