Posted on 02/10/2025 4:44:40 PM PST by Libloather
Democrats rallied against billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, who also heads up President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), outside the Social Security Administration’s headquarters in Baltimore.
Democrats from both chambers gathered to sound alarm after a judge temporarily blocked Musk and DOGE personnel from gaining access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payment system.
“We have one simple message, which is: Elon Musk, keep your hands off of our Social Security,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said at the top of the press conference Monday.
“They have accessed highly sensitive personal information on Americans at the Department of Treasury, including Social Security numbers, bank accounts and other very sensitive information,” he also said, accusing Musk of “conducting illegal raids on federal agencies with his DOGE crew.”
Among those in attendance at the demonstration included Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Democratic Maryland Reps. Kweisi Mfume (D), Johnny Olszewski and Sarah Elfreth. Martin O’Malley, the former Baltimore mayor, Maryland governor and Social Security commissioner, also spoke at the event.
While Trump has set ambitious sights on shrinking the size of government, the president has also vowed to protect Social Security, which comprises a chunk of annual federal spending.
However, reports that DOGE has received access to the Treasury payment system used to disburse funds — including Social Security benefits, tax refunds and salaries for federal workers — have set off a firestorm in Washington, particularly as Democrats have accused Republicans of wanting to target Social Security.
The Treasury said not long after the news broke that a review of the system was underway and that DOGE staff would only have “read only” access. Musk and his team have also since been blocked from accessing the system.
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Keep it up, Elon. All the people who don’t like him can bleep off.
LET THE DOGES OUT!!
Hands off my SS fraud.
Illegals were getting FEMA and Social Security monies. Then the media gaslights the gullible into believing 47 is going to cut SS.
The Hill may as well be Media Matters.
Americans want to stop the waste, fraud and abuse with respect to Social Security and they’re quite pleased someone is finally looking into it.
The TDS 2.0 afflicted RATS are starting to believe their own lies. What a bunch of retards.
Democrats have been giving it away like it’s candy.
What hypocrites.
Oh no, we’re all going to die. Thank you Dums for saving us from Trump.
And the lying starts...
BTTT
Yes and all he is doing is auditing the SS and finding a lot of duplicate SS numbers being used and people dead still being paid.
It’s not YOUR Social Security.
‘Rats want to continue receiving SS for dead ‘Rats?
He and is Merry Band, including Big Balls, have already accessed all the Treasury material and have analyzed it. He is moving so fast that can’t keep up.
DOD is coming up next.
Yeah, dimocrats think it is their SS...they have been stealing the surplus since LBJ.
When most of the waste, fraud, and abuse are removed from Social Security, the program won’t be headed toward insolvency anymore.
They've been stealing it for years, and using it for their pet projects.
Our dead voters are counting on it!
“Then the media gaslights the gullible into believing 47 is going to cut SS.“
.. and a certain segment of people will actually believe them.
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