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'Outrageous lies': Trump floats kicking millions off of Social Security

  • U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that benefits could be stripped from "millions of people" due to alleged fraud in Social Security, despite not providing evidence for his claims.
  • Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, called Trump's comments on Social Security fraud "outrageous lies," asserting that actual fraud is very low.
  • No evidence supports Trump's claims of significant fraud in the Social Security program, which serves about 70 million Americans.
  • Elon Musk has made similar unfounded claims about fraudulent payments in Social Security, leading critics to argue that these are tactics to undermine the program.
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'Outrageous lies': Trump floats kicking millions off of Social Security

U.S. President Donald Trump launched his latest threat against Social Security on Tuesday under the guise of combating fraud, floating the possibility of stripping benefits from "millions of people" as Elon Musk's lieutenants infiltrate the agency that administers the nation's most effective anti-poverty program. "The good thing about Social Security and what I read is if you take all of those numbers off because they're obviously fraudulent or …

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'Outrageous Lies': Claiming Fraud, Trump Floats Kicking Millions Off Social Security

"They are laying the groundwork for denying benefits to anyone they want to punish or deem unworthy—or indeed, any one of us," said the president of Social Security Works.

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Trump says we have a ‘very corrupt country,’ and should take millions off of Social Security

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Did You Ever Believe That Trump Was Being Honest When He Said He Would Protect Social Security?

The GOP’s Final Grift… They’re Coming For Social Security Chuck Grassley is 91 years old. He was first elected to the Iowa House in 1958, to Congress in 1974 and to the U.S. Senate in 1980. He’d be up for reelection in 2028 and I’m guessing he won’t be running again. And that should free him up to vote his conscience. So far though… no go. Yesterday, chair of the Senate Judiciary, he was kvetching that Congress is powerless in the face of cuts f…

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DOWNWITHTYRANNY! broke the news in on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
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