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Biden fires head of Social Security Administration, a Trump holdover who drew the ire of Democrats
Washington Post ^ | 7/9/2021 | Lisa Rein

Posted on 07/09/2021 4:10:06 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

President Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a holdover from the Trump administration who had alienated crucial Democratic constituencies with policies designed to clamp down benefits and an uncompromising anti-union stance.

Saul was fired after refusing a request to resign, White House officials said. His deputy, David Black, who was also appointed by former president Donald Trump, resigned Friday upon request.

Biden named Kilolo Kijakazi, the current deputy commissioner for retirement and disability policy, to serve as acting commissioner until a permanent nominee is selected.

But Saul said in an interview Friday afternoon that he would not leave his post, challenging the legality of the White House move to oust him. As the head of an independent agency whose leadership does not normally change with a new administration, Saul’s six-year term was supposed to last until January 2025. The White House said a recent Supreme Court ruling gives the president power to replace him.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andrewsaul; davidblack; kilolokijakazi; socialsecurity
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1 posted on 07/09/2021 4:10:06 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

COLLUSION! IMPEACH!


2 posted on 07/09/2021 4:11:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

And 10% to the Big Guy.


3 posted on 07/09/2021 4:11:22 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Biden doing what Trump should have done at the beginning of his administration.


4 posted on 07/09/2021 4:12:14 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Who or what is a Kilolo Kijakazi ?


5 posted on 07/09/2021 4:13:53 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Probably wouldn’t give up the keys to the “Lock Box” Manbearpig created.


6 posted on 07/09/2021 4:14:04 PM PDT by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan
The White House said a recent Supreme Court ruling gives the president power to replace him.

There are Supreme Court decisions going back to Meyer v. U.S. in 1926, if not before, saying the president can fire executive department appointees.

7 posted on 07/09/2021 4:14:24 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: butlerweave
Who or what is a Kilolo Kijakazi ?

It does sort of look and read like elvish script.

8 posted on 07/09/2021 4:15:58 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: butlerweave

A mighty fine motorcycle.


9 posted on 07/09/2021 4:16:13 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: DoodleDawg

I would guess they’re referring to legitimate presidents.


10 posted on 07/09/2021 4:18:59 PM PDT by daler
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To: daler
I would guess they’re referring to legitimate presidents.

Legitimate or illegetimate, Biden can fire him.

11 posted on 07/09/2021 4:20:24 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Right Wing Vegan
"President Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul...

Should read: The Genral Secretary of the Central Committee of the DDC, (Read: Democrat Communist Party) fired the Social Security Commissioner.

12 posted on 07/09/2021 4:22:39 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: DoodleDawg

You got it. Trump screwed up by keeping all those bad people around.


13 posted on 07/09/2021 4:25:15 PM PDT by Revel
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Andrew Saul

Saul. Jewish? If so, another Jew purged by the anti-Semites in the Biden administration!

14 posted on 07/09/2021 4:27:40 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: butlerweave

Who or what is a Kilolo Kijakazi ?


One of the recent dead of night arrivals via the southern border from the Congo.


15 posted on 07/09/2021 4:37:19 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: DoodleDawg

“ Legitimate or illegetimate, Biden can fire him.”

And you seem to be fine with that idea.


16 posted on 07/09/2021 4:38:02 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Why hasn’t Jill Biden resigned from her union? Isn’t that a conflict of interest, since she’s running the show anyway?


17 posted on 07/09/2021 4:39:03 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: butlerweave

Who or what is a Kilolo Kijakazi ?


I looked her up. First of all, she is ‘diverse’. Worked at the Urban Institute, whatever that is, and is very interested in structural racism. So your Social Security is in good hands.
/s


18 posted on 07/09/2021 4:39:13 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: DoodleDawg

Biden doing what Trump should have done at the beginning of his administration.

Biden isn’t doing a damn thing other crapping in his depends. Every story that says Biden did something is a lie. A shadow government is controlling the country.


19 posted on 07/09/2021 4:39:50 PM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: Right Wing Vegan
"Biden named Kilolo Kijakazi, ...

Yes, of course he did...
20 posted on 07/09/2021 4:51:14 PM PDT by LIConFem (Bring a Commie to room temperature for Mommy)
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