Billionaire Commerce Secretary Says Seniors Wouldn't Mind Missing Social Security Checks
HuffPost
Only a "fraudster" would complain if they missed a check, Howard Lutnick proclaimed.
President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick can’t stop putting his foot in his mouth.
In a podcast appearance Friday, Lutnick ― a billionaire Trump donor-turned-Cabinet member ― pontificated that seniors wouldn’t worry if they didn’t receive a Social Security check one month.
“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. She just wouldn’t. She’d think something got messed up and she’ll get it next month,” Lutnick, who has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion, said on the “All-In” podcast.
He suggested that halting Social Security checks might be a good way to root out people trying to defraud the system.
“A fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming, yelling and complaining,” he said.
Only a "fraudster" would complain if they missed a check, Howard Lutnick proclaimed.
Trump is locked in a battle with Judge James Boasberg after he temporarily blocked the administration from deporting migrants under an 18th-century law.
An attorney representing Ashley St. Clair said the Tesla founder had also filed an emergency gag order against her client, but was denied.
"I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency," acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek actually said.
The "Daily Show" host used his hoops comparison to scold party leaders.
"This isn't just about Republicans," the New York Democrat said during an event with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Nevada.
Trump's administration recently sent more than 250 Venezuelan migrants there, even as a judge issued an order temporarily blocking the deportations.
Paul Burke detailed the "punitive" way his daughter Rebecca was treated prior to her deportation.
There’s no greater evidence that "know-your-rights" training is working than from what Trump officials themselves have said.
Democracy Forward has emerged as a leading legal organization that’s been slowing, if not stopping, some of Trump’s recklessness.
Since Donald Trump took office, there have been high-profile incidents of tourists being held for weeks at U.S. immigration facilities before being allowed to fly home.
The congresswoman had an "intelligent" takeaway after the Trump adviser mocked her time in the service industry.
The John F. Kennedy assassination documents released this week disclosed sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers.