Republican operative Brad Todd on Tuesday tried to pass off false information on CNN about Social Security payments — but was quickly shot down by fellow panelist Elliot Williams.
While discussing Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency gaining access to highly sensitive data at the Social Security Administration, Todd justified them gaining access to it by mischaracterizing a 2023 inspector general report related to fraudulent Social Security payments.
"We also know that the inspector general and the Biden administration noted that there has been $8 billion of wages reported for people over age 100," Todd said.
"That's not true," Williams shot back. "Not true."
In fact, the inspector general report in question emphasized that no benefits related to the reported $8 billion in reported wages were paid out "primarily because personally identifiable information provided on the workers’ earnings reports did not match information in SSA enumeration records."
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Regardless, Todd baselessly claimed that Americans were grateful to Musk for trying to cut government even if it was based on false pretenses of mass fraud at the Social Security Administration.
"Every election, people come to Washington and they promise the people they were going to shrink government or find waste, fraud and abuse, it almost never happens," Todd said. "It's happening this time. That's why President Trump's approval ratings are better than they've ever been."
"At 47 percent," Williams shot back. "I mean, it's not exactly blowing the lights out."
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