REMINDER: Sununu Was a “Leading Figure in the Effort” to Privatize Social Security

REMINDER: Sununu Was a “Leading Figure in the Effort” to Privatize Social Security

On the 91st anniversary of Social Security becoming law, here’s a reminder that Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu was a “leading figure in the effort” to privatize Social Security when he was in Washington, selling Granite State seniors out to Wall Street. 

“Today’s anniversary reminds us all why it’s so important to elect Democrats who will protect Social Security. John Sununu has tried multiple times to privatize Social Security and expose Granite Staters’ retirement savings to stock market crashes while helping Wall Street make an extra buck,” said New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley. “Granite Staters have no patience for Sununu’s privatization schemes and will stop Sununu if he’s on the ballot in November.” 

Here are some lowlights from Sununu’s record on Social Security:

• Sununu repeatedly introduced legislation that would have increased profits for Wall Street firms by privatizing Social Security and directly exposing Granite Staters’ retirement savings to stock market crashes. 
   
• Sununu co-sponsored legislation that was projected to make Social Security insolvent seven years earlier than had been forecast at the time.
   
• Sununu supports Trump’s Big Ugly Bill that has accelerated the timeline for Social Security to become insolvent, threatening the hundred of thousands of Granite Staters who rely on its benefits.
   
• Sununu backed the Elon Musk-run DOGE, which slashed the Social Security Administration's budget and laid off thousands of its employees, undermining its ability to deliver benefits accurately and on time.