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@ Chuck Darwin
2025-03-06 19:48:42
In a scathing response to Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday,
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) sharply criticized the felon for repeating a widely debunked claim that Social Security checks are going toward deceased people, calling it an “outrageous lie.”
During his address, Trump said that there are “shocking levels” of “fraud” within Social Security, claiming that there are millions of Social Security recipients aged between 100 and 360 years old
— a completely false assertion circulated by Trump and Elon Musk in recent weeks.
“By slashing all of the fraud, waste and theft we can find, we will defeat inflation, bring down mortgage rates, lower car payments and grocery prices, protect our seniors and put more money in the pockets of American families,”
Trump said, ignoring the fact that his administration has rapidly ushered in warnings of a “#Trumpcession” just a few weeks into his second term.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-calls-out-trumps-outrageous-lie-on-social-security-in-scathing-speech/