Ron Wyden Warns Trump's Social Security Nominee Is A 'Prelude To Privatizing Social Security'

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During a press briefing on Monday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) spoke about President Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano.

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00:00I'm interested to hear what you have to tell us.

00:03Thank you, Nancy, and what you should know is that political change doesn't

00:09necessarily start in a government building, it starts at the grassroots.

00:13Thank you, thank you, thank you, you're doing a great job.

00:20So we are mobilizing everywhere to stop the Trump administration from dismantling

00:28Social Security, and we are here to oppose Frank Bisignano from being the next Social

00:36Security Commissioner. He is the wrong man for Social Security because he is short-changing,

00:43for example, the need for phone services at Social Security for the vulnerable.

00:49He is wrong to be catering to DOGE as they sneak and stealth around,

00:57trying to scoop up our precious data, and we believe he is wrong because his statement and

01:05actions are a prelude to privatizing Social Security, and we all are here to say no, no, no

01:17to privatizing Social Security. He's also wrong because he's making it clear that he will stall

01:25on making sure that senior rights are a top priority, and he ducked all those questions at the hearing.

01:34The fact is, we want Donald Trump to step up and take on the DOGE group and make sure that he stops the

01:44cutbacks, the cutbacks, the field offices, the closures, and stops the reductions in phone service.

01:52We want Donald Trump to stand with working families and seniors and stop the attack on Social Security

02:02once and for all.

02:07And make no mistake about it, these wonderful folks who are working at the grassroots to mobilize working

02:15families and seniors against Bizzignano and against Donald Trump. We are going to stay at it day in and day out

02:25until Social Security is finally safe and is no longer on the chopping block in America. God bless.

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