President Donald Trump has proposed zeroing out the payroll tax as part of a package to deal with the economic shocks caused by the coronavirus. And right-wing media are now going all-in for an idea that could, in effect, gut the funding for Social Security and Medicare — and probably not result in much economic stimulus, anyway.

And on top of that, they are also misleadingly claiming that President Barack Obama had done the same thing, but Democrats are only balking now at Trump doing it. In the days leading up to the proposal’s official unveiling, Fox News ran a headline declaring “Dems condemning Trump's proposed payroll tax cut after previously supporting Obama's,” while the Washington Examiner proclaimed, “In cutting payroll taxes to spur the economy, Trump would be following in Obama's footsteps.”

On this morning’s edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade said: “Nancy Pelosi all of a sudden doesn't like the payroll tax cut. When Barack Obama proposed it, she thought it was a brilliant thing that all the working families will benefit from, because if you get a paycheck you’re gonna take home more money.”