Biden steps up war with 'MAGA Republicans' by claiming they will add $3trillion more to the deficit

President Biden plans to hammer Republicans on a trip to Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Tuesday in yet another salvo in the budget battles that will play out through the year.

This time, after tangling with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) and Republicans over Social Security, he will focus on proposals to slash Medicaid health services to the poor or dismantle Obamacare.

With Biden's budget plan set to come out next month, and Republicans yet to release one, the White House is aiming at proposals by individual lawmakers, the House Budget panel, and an influential conservative faction. 

'They have committed themselves to many trillions in program cuts,' said Aviva Aron-Dine of the National Economic Council. 'The bottom line is this: Congressional Republicans have committed themselves to very deep cuts to programs that tens of millions of Americans count on,' she added.

Biden's trip targeting Republicans comes on a day when his $400 billion student loan forgiveness campaign is the subject of a high-stakes hearing at the Supreme Court.  

President Biden takes his campaign against 'MAGA Republicans' on the road to Virginia Beach, where he will warn against cuts to Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act. He says House GOP plans for tax cuts would add trillions to the nation's debt

On a trip to Virginia Beach Tuesday afternoon, Biden will 'highlight the devastating impacts that MAGA Republican proposals will have for families healthcare and budgets around the country,' White House Principal Deputy Director of Communications Kate Berner told reporters.

Biden has committed to putting out his budget on March 9, setting up a season of tense negotiations with Republicans, as the extraordinary measures to keep the country from surpassing the statutory debt limit run out. 

Over a decade, the Biden budget aims to slash $2 trillion from the debt, which stands at $31 trillion.

With no current GOP budget to use as a foil, the White House is pointing to cuts proposed by House Budget Committee Republicans and a budget proposed by the conservative Republican Study Committee, which includes a majority of the House GOP Conference.

'This year, individual members of Congress and the House Budget Committee has continued to point to the ACA (Affordable Care Act) or Medicaid as targets for cuts,' she said, also pointing to a budget proposed by former Trump budget director Russel Vought, who is reportedly advising the GOP. 

Biden has held a one-on-one meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has adopted a strategy of demanding spending cuts in exchange for any debt limit increase.

After a clash during Biden's State of the Union, McCarthy has said Social Security and Medicare should be 'completely off the table' during debt ceiling negotiations.

That leaves domestic programs if the GOP goes in search of cuts. 

The White House was coy when first asked why Biden was executing the effort in Virginia Beach, but then allowed that the state had seen a 7 percent drop in its uninsured rate since the Affordable Care Act was enacted.

Republicans are demanding cuts, with projections that the nation's debt would remain more than 100 percent of GDP far into the future.

The White House says the GOP's plans would actually increase debt in the short term.

'They've also laid out an agenda that starts by increasing the debt by over $3 trillion with tax cuts due to the wealthy and big corporations, and by repealing the prescription drug reforms enacted last year as part of the inflation Reduction Act,' Aron-Dine said, arguing that healthcare would 'clearly be on the chopping block.'

Biden is in a position to veto Republican plans to try to repeal his Inflation Reduction Act or its funding for thousands of IRS employees, and Democrats who control the Senate can snuff out many of the House GOP's budget plans.  

Biden repeatedly went after 'MAGA Republicans' in the run-up to the November elections

The White House pointed to cuts proposed by House Budget Committee Republicans, chaired by Jodey Arrington, R-Texas

They also referenced a Republican Study Committee Budget. The group includes a healthy majority of the House GOP

The White House is also pointing to the Republican Steering Committee, chaired by Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK)