“It’s a stunt,” Clinton said. “There’s no doubt about it. It’s most likely, as even Republican senators have said unconstitutional, bypassing the Congress, trying to spend money that he has no authority to direct. But it’s also meant to be a diversion from the hard work Congress should be engaged in to provide the kind of relief that tens of millions of Americans need.”

More specifically, Clinton said Trump “signaled he’s going after Social Security and Medicare” with his announcement about a payroll tax cut.”

“I don’t know if he understood that,” Clinton added, “you never know what he knows and doesn’t know about how the government operates, but basically he was talking about ending the financial contributions we all make into Social Security and Medicare through the payroll tax.”