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JUST IN: Chuck Schumer Torches Secretary Bessent Over Shock Claim About Social Security

Published | Video Starts at 02:50

Today we got on a rather, we got a rather stunning admission from the administration on Social Security, another part of the safety net. It deserves some mention. Now before I give up the floor today, Secretary Besant admitted in a podcast that the so called Trump accounts that are Republic, that the Republicans Snuck into the big ugly bill are in Secretary Besent's eyes, a backdoor for privatizing Social Security. Let me repeat that. These are Besant's words. What they put and snuck into the reconciliation bill that they called BBB and we called the Big Ugly Betrayal is, quote, a backdoor for privatizing Social Security. (02:50–03:06)

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Asserts that Secretary Besant admitted the Republican bill includes a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.

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