FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 11th, 2019
Contact: Linda Benesch, lbenesch@socialsecurityworks.org

Donald Trump’s Bigoted Crackpot Appointee to the Social Security Administration Must Resign Immediately

(Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, in reaction to a Media Matters exposé on the outrageous misogyny and homophobia of Robert W. Patterson, who Donald Trump appointed as an Associate Commissioner at the Social Security Administration:

“American workers earn their Social Security benefits with every paycheck. It is the responsibility of the federal government to competently and fairly administer those benefits.

Donald Trump has made a mockery of that responsibility by appointing a horrific bigot and crackpot, who seriously believes that condoms rob women of “remarkable chemicals” in semen, to a key leadership position at the Social Security Administration. Robert W. Patterson must resign immediately. ”