WASHINGTON — Democrats on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee pushed back Wednesday over what they see as attacks by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Social Security benefits.
Under the Trump administration, the Social Security Administration has already witnessed major restructuring, significant staffing cuts and office reductions, which have sparked concerns from Democrats, as more than 73 million Americans rely on those monthly payments.
Adding fuel to the fire, Trump spent a portion of his Tuesday address to a joint session of Congress alleging “shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud” within the Social Security program.
He suggested that “government databases list 4.7 million Social Security members from people aged 100 to 109 years old.”
“Money is being paid to many of them, and we’re searching right now,” Trump added, later noting that someone in the system is listed at age 360.
But these claims have been debunked, and Lee Dudek, Trump’s own acting commissioner for the Social Security Administration, clarified in February that “the reported data are people in our records with a Social Security number who do not have a date of death associated with their record” and “these individuals are not necessarily receiving benefits.”
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