Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's glib response to seniors possibly not receiving their Social Security checks set off the hosts on MSNBC's "The Weekend" on Sunday with host Michael Steele repeatedly shouting "How dare you?"
In an interview with podcaster Chamath Palihapitiya, the Donald Trump appointees claimed, "Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month. My mother-in-law, who's 94, she wouldn't call and complain," before adding that anyone who protested the delay could well be a "fraudster."
After sharing the clip on Sunday morning, both Steele and co-host Symone Sanders Townsend covered their mouths in shock and dismay before Steele went off on a scathing rant.
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With Sanders Townsend calling the billionaire Trump appointee's comments "tone deaf" at minimum, Steele interjected, "What is his net worth?"
"So your mama would call you, she would call you and guess what you would do? You'd write her a check," Steele exclaimed. "But what about the mother who doesn't have someone that they can call to put money in that bank account for a month? You insensitive lug! How dare you? How dare you?"
Pointing to Lutnick's reported wealth, he continued, "$4 billion? Yeah, your mama's not going to work because if you're if you're any kind of a decent son, you're going to cover that month. But there are a lot of mothers out there who don't have that. How dare you?"
"I mean, this is the arrogance right now in America," he ranted. "This is the arrogance. They're looking you in the eye and saying you can miss your payments, you'll be okay,,you can feed your family with no money, you can clothe your family with no money for a month –– you can do that."
"You arrogant SOB," he added. "$4 billion and sitting there telling America you can miss a payment. My daddy's on Social Security. What is he going to do? He's going to come to me if he misses the payment because he's got a resource. He's got a son who can help him. He's got a daughter who can help him. But there are families that don't have people who can help them."
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