Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., shared a fake story from an outlet claiming sources gave them an exclusive scoop on the Social Security Administration.
According to Wired, which cited anonymous “sources”, the SSA “will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X.” They even cited “one current employee” as saying, “Do they really expect senior citizens will join this platform?” This claim was even shared by Booker, who called the move “corrupt, cruel and wrong.”
Look:
Trump and Musk are eliminating 90% of Social Security’s regional staff—and, at the same time, will now only post public updates from Social Security on a platform owned by Musk, where more than 90% of seniors won’t see them. Corrupt, cruel, and wrong. https://t.co/25m3xvCn8e pic.twitter.com/JFXOXQpPpR
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) April 11, 2025
“Trump and Musk are eliminating 90% of Social Security’s regional staff—and, at the same time, will now only post public updates from Social Security on a platform owned by Musk, where more than 90% of seniors won’t see them. Corrupt, cruel, and wrong,” he wrote, sharing age demographic information for social media users, showing that older people are less likely to use X.
The only thing is, the claim was quickly refuted by not only President Donald Trump’s rapid response X account, but by the SSA themselves.
This is absolutely false. Pure Fake News garbage from Wired. https://t.co/UbWZthtqgl
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 11, 2025
This is false. Social Security will continue to communicate through any and all mediums. https://t.co/Z8b00o2Kle
— Social Security (@SocialSecurity) April 11, 2025
Now Booker, and those who believed the story with no evidence, are getting thrashed by X users:
Going to retract this or just go with the lie and double down?
— @EricElliott (@plantdaddy1977) April 12, 2025
But…but…they said they had a SCOOP.
— Dr. Midnight Lonevoice (@CirqueDuFolie) April 11, 2025
It’s fake news bro and you fell for it
— Isabelle Ross (@isabeller0ss) April 12, 2025
Umm…. Yeah, it’s a lie. pic.twitter.com/q1Zjr3fW0M
— TheCredibleHulk17 (@TheCredHulk17) April 12, 2025
More gaseous rhetoric and dangerous misinformation from Sen Booker https://t.co/Aynlq3awuf
— Relaxing News (@RelaxingNews) April 12, 2025
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Author: Sierra Marlee
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