US EditionDOGE complicates Republican efforts to steer clear of Social Security
- The Trump administration is downsizing the Social Security Administration, causing concerns about potential benefit interruptions, as warned by former Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley.
- FDR's grandson warned that Republicans have been attacking Social Security for 90 years and criticized the Trump administration's efforts, stating they aim to 'hollow it out from the inside.'
- Democrats are intensifying their focus on Social Security due to the attack by the Trump administration, branding it as a key issue in upcoming political campaigns.
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'Hollowing it out': FDR’s grandson exposes Trump and Musk 'attack' plan on Social Security
It was 90 years ago that Congress passed the Social Security Act of 1935, which was signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a key part of his New Deal. Millions of American seniors continue to rely on Social Security benefits after they retire, but former Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley — who was commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) under former President Joe Biden — fears that an "interrup…
DOGE complicates Republican efforts to steer clear of Social Security
Democrats have campaigned for years on claims that Republicans would cut Social Security. Now the Trump administration’s push to downsize the Social Security Administration has handed them new ammunition, complicating the GOP’s efforts to steer clear of a politically popular program that some call the “third rail” of American politics.
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