Fox News host Martha Maccallum called Delaware Sen. Crissoons on Wednesday for ignoring recent findings by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that highlights ramp-stretched waste and fraud within the social security system.

A member of Doge, who is currently investigating social security for fraud and waste, announcement Social media has been actively cleaning up records for the program over the past four weeks, marking nearly 9.9 million owners over the age of 120 as deceased, with another 2 million people expected to continue. When featured in “The Story with Martha McCallum,” the host questioned the senator’s reaction to Doge’s findings, including fraudulent payments.

“Are you as shocked as I heard some of those numbers? Some of the information about how many scams are happening in Social Security?” McCallum asked.

“Not only do I don’t believe in some of the things that were shared there, but the Trump administration’s representatives of Social Security say that less than a tenth of the payments made by the Social Security Administration is fraudulent or false,” Coons said. “Let’s be clear about some of the things that have just been played. Some people have names in the Roll that are named after they were born 150 or 200 years ago. They are not paid for Social Security.”

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“[Elon Musk and DOGE] It’s in the system and has access to individual information from millions of Americans. Elon Musk has made it clear that he believes Social Security is the Ponzi plan. The Ponzi scheme is fraudulent, fake, criminal or illegal in itself. I don’t think Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. I think 70 million Americans rely on their main source of income. ”

McCollum then spoke about the issues she said Social Security will have over the next decade.

“You say millions of people [who depend on Social Security]. McCallum said, “What did Democrats do? What did Joe Biden’s administration do to find waste, fraud and abuse in Social Security to try to strengthen this important institution?”

All the while, as he answered, he said he had no faith in Doge.

“I believe what GAO says, or what the inspector or Social Security administrator says, because I think a senior Doge person lied to my face about other federal agencies.

McCollum remained skeptical as the interview concluded.

“I remember the Democrats were actively interested in saying they knew there was a lot of waste in our government. (Related: Democrat senators believe that “average Central America” ​​is too stupid to find Greenland on the map)

Koons said Tuesday that Republican lawmakers are trying to cut Social Security benefits despite fact sheets from Pennsylvania Democrat Brendan Boyle, despite showing federal law and Senate rules preventing such changes during the budget settlement process.

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