“The easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing,” he claimed. “Because my mother-in-law is not calling me. Come on, your mother ― 80-year-olds, 90-year-olds ― they trust the government.”

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) suggested the Trump administration was gearing up to gut Social Security. “They are getting ready to destroy Social Security. Because the billionaires don’t need it.Prepping the ground here by shaming people who dare complain if their Social Security check disappears,” he wrote.