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Elizabeth Warren: “They were trying to shut down the phones entirely so you…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren on Trump's Policies and Administration Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 28:45

And the way they've done it is they have tried shutting down Social Security offices so you can't go in for problems. For a while, They were trying to shut down the phones entirely so you couldn't call if you had a problem [with Social Security]. And they are trying to fire about allegedly about half of all the people who worked at the Social Security Administration and understand Social Security Administration was already understaffed. (28:45–28:52)

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Asserts that there were attempts to shut down phone services for Social Security issues.

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