Democratic Rep. John Larson yells during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting about Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. (Fox News )
The White House responded Thursday in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"The Democrats have no plan on how to recover from their embarrassing loss, and it shows," White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said. "Instead of working to become a party that focuses on the will of the people, they are hell-bent on keeping their heads in the sand and gaslighting on the widely supported mission of DOGE.
"Slashing waste, fraud and abuse and becoming better stewards of the American taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars might be a crime to Democrats, but it’s not a crime in a court of law."
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Dec. 5, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Larson claims the Trump administration wants to "slash and privatize" Americans’ benefits. He said during the committee markup that Musk and the White House are perpetuating a "big lie" that there is a Democratic plan "to bring illegal immigrants into the country by offering to pay them Social Security." Larson claimed, "There's not a thread of truth to any of that.
"And, yet, this unaccountable person — not a federal employee, not a volunteer — but a special person who's not had to go through Senate approval and who this committee is now saying, ‘Yes, we agree with the president. He should not be accountable. He should be able to have free rein and do whatever he wants. We will willingly follow him and do whatever he says because he's the wealthiest man in the world, and, surely, he must know how to save us from ourselves'," Larson said.
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Larson said Social Security "just happens to be the No. 1 anti-poverty program for the elderly and for the children of this country," adding that Musk and Trump "aren't going to lose a moment's sleep thinking about the privatization."
The congressman and all committee Democrats introduced a resolution to compel the Trump administration to provide answers on DOGE's intentions with Social Security, but Larson claimed Republicans are trying to stop it from coming to a vote.
Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
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