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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Social security is a big ball of worms. My bet is that there are at least 5000 individuals who are 100 or more year old still receiving the benefits
You yabos obviously didn’t pay attention to how much of your money your butt boy, Joe Pedo spent the last four years.
The rats go to scare point is always SS. Yeah Elon is going to take away peoples SS right.
They're livid that their $$ laundering operations have been exposed.
THIS .... is glorious ....
💥KAB💣💣M💥PRESIDENT TRUMP💪🇺🇲🙌 WE HAVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE AND TAKE THEM OFF💥MOST OF THEM ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THE COUNTRY💥💥💣💣
TRUMP FOR THE AMERICAN HARD WORKING TAX PAYERS 💪🇺🇲 pic.twitter.com/78U8d8dg1F— 5DME81 (@5dme81) February 10, 2025
Dear Democrat Party Morons
You do realize that the more waste, fraud and abuse there is in the Soc Security system the sooner the trust fund runs out and you have to start using almost the entire Federal Budget to fund Soc Security right?
This is absolutely 1 area their hysteric TDS should be put on hold but that would require someone in their party to be a rational adult rather then a screaming hysteric ignorant child.
A long overdue forensic colonoscopy.
It’s not yours, buttwipe.
I think I know of two such cases, one was a friend when I was a kid. Her phone is still active with her voice on the voice mail recording. We heard she died, but her next of kin will not discuss the subject. There’s another one that was a coworker. His son evades questions about him.
A complete audit of SS needs to be done to see how many dead people are being paid SS. Another thing to look at is who is getting SS funds that never earned them or otherwise legally entitled. Then what about just outright payments under the rug to news organizations and other political favorites.
There are people over 120 years old “drawing” SS. There are tens of thousands of dead people and illegal aliens on the rolls.
You’re just one person and you know TWO FRAUDSTERS!!
“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.”
Who is Van Hollen referring to when he says hands off “our” Social Security? I can assure you when he emphasizes the word “our” he doesn’t mean the American people. Van Hollen and the Democrats are scared that a thorough audit of SSA would show extensive fraud and corruption on an epic scale.
the only person who’s social security DOGE might touch is illegal aliens getting it.
Strangers access my ‘highly sensitive personal information’ all the time at the SS office, the VA and the IRS...
at least I know of Elon Musk...
If the dems wanted their people to run everything then they should have won the election... They didn’t, so suck it up Buttercups.
Older Mexicans who were in the US illegally (and not for long)were put on social security. I know for a fact that they moved back to Mexico and their SS checks are being sent to them there. Their grown kids have told me.
Democrats and “fact checkers” are lying.
And the illegal families here have been rolling in free money.
Why do you think democrats want Musk out of the Treasury?
Don't feel like being a human shield for fraud in the system, which is what the Dems are trying to pull.
Musk has exposed why SS is actually running out of money. What he is doing is greatly increasing the chances that people can keep collecting social security in the future. That is the reality of all of this. And conservatives need to get that message out.
This is the calm before the storm.
Wait till DOGE digs into the massive entitlement accounts and the DOD budget.
What’s coming is going to be truly mind boggling.
Even the benefits being paid with invalid SSNs😂
You are trying to suppress the constitutional rights of the ill-documented.
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