March 26, 2025
FROM SENATOR SCHUMER: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor to address Elon Musk’s comments about the need to eliminate Social Security and Medicare, which is critical to tens of millions of seniors, all in service of funding tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.
* Yesterday, Elon Musk confirmed what many of us have warned about for a long time: Republicans are preparing to gut Social Security and Medicare.
* Musk openly admitted it on Fox Business: “That’s the big one to eliminate,” referring to Social Security.
* Republicans are using Musk’s lie as a cover, falsely claiming the program is riddled with fraud to justify slashing benefits
* Government audits show that less than 1% of Social Security payments from 2015-2022 were made in error
* The Trump Administration already started attacking Social Security:
* 7,000 workers have been fired, leading to longer wait times and delayed benefits for seniors
* DOGE now has access to private Social Security data, putting millions at risk
* Trump, Musk and Republicans know their billionaire tax cuts won’t add up unless they take from seniors, retirees, and hardworking Americans
* Americans support cutting waste, but they DO NOT want to see their Social Security taken away.
* I ask my Republican colleagues: are you all fine with this? Fine with Musk calling Social Security one giant scam?
* Let’s find a single person on the Republican side who starts rebutting Elon Musk once and for all, when they know he’s doing what the American people hate, and is not telling the truth.
