RNC Chairwoman McDaniel: Biden smacks social security administration in political purge that is unprecedented

President Biden violated the independent mission of the Social Security Administration by firing Commissioner Saul earlier this year not for his work performance but for political motivations.

For years, this agency and its commissioner had a reputation of non-partisanship. For example, following his 2007 appointment by President George W. Bush, SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue continued to serve until 2013, which covered President Barack Obama’s entire first term and extended into his second. Its most recent commissioner, Andrew Saul, was confirmed to a six-year term in June 2019 on a broadly bipartisan 77 to 16 vote. As SSA commissioner, Saul worked to better the constituent services that SSA provides by modernizing its information technology (IT) infrastructure and hiring frontline staff for both in-person and over-the-phone services, reducing wait times and addressed a backlog of SSA cases.