Why President Biden Must Fire Andrew Saul and David Black, Trump’s Social Security Saboteurs

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There’s a growing drumbeat for President Biden to fire Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black.

Why? Simply put, Saul and Black have relentlessly tried to undermine our Social Security system during their tenure. Here’s a quick overview:

Saul and Black delayed the  COVID relief checks of nearly 30 million Social Security beneficiaries 

For weeks, Saul and Black failed to send the needed data to the IRS to issue COVID relief checks to nearly 30 million seniors and people with disabilities, delaying desperately needed checks.

Saul and Black are making it more difficult to qualify for Social Security disability benefits

New regulations pushed by Saul and Black make it more difficult for workers in physically demanding jobs (including building cars, cleaning hotel rooms, and mining) to claim their earned Social Security disability benefits when their bodies break down after years of hard labor.

Saul and Black tried to tear Social Security benefits away from people with disabilities

Carrying out a cruel attack at Donald Trump’s behest, Saul and Black tried to change the appeals process for Social Security’s disability benefits. This could have resulted in tens of thousands of people with disabilities losing the benefits they need to survive. 

Saul and Black illegally pressured judges to deny disability claims

A new whistleblower report from an SSA employee has detailed how Saul and Black pressured judges to deny disability claims. Not only is this horrendous—it’s illegal.  

Saul and Black are union busters

Unions representing SSA workers are calling for Biden to remove Saul and Black for their encouragement of an “anti-worker, union-busting culture.”