Trump's new Social Security head admits dead Americans 'aren't necessarily' getting checks

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For the past week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have repeatedly pushed unsubstantiated claims that dead Americans listed as 150 or older are receiving Social Security payments.

But even Trump's new top Social Security chief is refuting the baseless assertions.

In a statement Wednesday, newly named Social Security Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek addressed what he called "recent reporting" about the number of people older than age 100 who could be receiving benefits from Social Security.




"The reported data are people in our records with a Social Security number who do not have a date of death associated with their record. These individuals are not necessarily receiving benefits," Dudek said.

 
For the past week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have repeatedly pushed unsubstantiated claims that dead Americans listed as 150 or older are receiving Social Security payments.

But even Trump's new top Social Security chief is refuting the baseless assertions.

In a statement Wednesday, newly named Social Security Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek addressed what he called "recent reporting" about the number of people older than age 100 who could be receiving benefits from Social Security.




"The reported data are people in our records with a Social Security number who do not have a date of death associated with their record. These individuals are not necessarily receiving benefits," Dudek said.

Chancellor Musk has already famously said "some of the things that I say will be incorrect".

Right now he's told so many lies I can't keep track.
 
"Social Security, what's happening there is going to be one of the great potential scandals in history," Trump said in a speech Wednesday night in Miami. "Listen to this: 3.6 million people are on Social Security rolls from the age of 110 years old to 119. Do you think there are really that many? Those people are seriously old, but it gets worse."

He later added: "The record topper ‒ there is one person on Social Security who's 360 years old, which is approximately 110 years older than our country."
 
"Social Security, what's happening there is going to be one of the great potential scandals in history," Trump said in a speech Wednesday night in Miami. "Listen to this: 3.6 million people are on Social Security rolls from the age of 110 years old to 119. Do you think there are really that many? Those people are seriously old, but it gets worse."

He later added: "The record topper ‒ there is one person on Social Security who's 360 years old, which is approximately 110 years older than our country."
How many MAGAts believed him?
 
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