Vance is lying (again).
Social Security has repeatedly debunked this. The actual claim is that 40 percent of direct deposit fraud occurred via calls to the agency. That is wholly different, and massively less, than 40 percent of calls being fraudulent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/elon-musk-social-security-fraud.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9COne%20interesting%20statistic%20was%20that,go%20to%20a%20fraud%20ring.%E2%80%9D
Social Security has repeatedly debunked this. The actual claim is that 40 percent of direct deposit fraud occurred via calls to the agency. That is wholly different, and massively less, than 40 percent of calls being fraudulent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/elon-musk-social-security-fraud.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9COne%20interesting%20statistic%20was%20that,go%20to%20a%20fraud%20ring.%E2%80%9D
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Aaron Rupar
JD Vance straight up lies on Fox & Friends, claims 40 percent of people calling the Social Security hotline are "actually committing fraud."
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It must be an insane number of people this year if 40% of the poeple calling are committing fraud!
Anyone know?
Fuck this guy and his eyeliner.
Have you forgotten about "alternative facts"?
and unlike the Felon, it appears to be a recently acquired skill
We’re testing the limits of media power here, but it might work.
"Yes, therefore all guns are rifles."
"No...."
"Tomato, tomahto. I got my sound bite."
1. Surround Self with Billionaires
2. Fire employees
3. Surrender to Putin
4. Abandon Allies
5. $5 Trillion in Tax Cuts for wealthy
6. Increase Debt by $5 Trillion
7. Raise sales taxes $600 Million annually
8. Cut Social Security
9. Slash Medicaid
10. Punish Disloyalty