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Whistleblower: Trump Admin Planned to Mark 2.7 Million Living People as Dead

Was DOGE's Social Security plan an attack on living Americans or a targeted crackdown on fraudulent identities?

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Whistleblower: Trump Admin Planned to Mark 2.7 Million Living People as Dead

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Above: Employees and supporters gather to protest outside of the USAID headquarters on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Democratic narrative

Planning to mark 2.7 million living people as dead in Social Security records is outright fraud. The scheme would have stripped real people of their benefits and financial standing, representing a dangerous abuse of government power. No government agency should have the power to erase living citizens from the system.

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Republican narrative

This story is being wildly misrepresented — the alleged proposal was never even implemented and would have targeted people using fake or stolen Social Security numbers, not American citizens. The idea was to make fraudulent SSNs unusable, freezing wages and benefits tied to illegal activity to pressure illegal aliens to self-deport. Framing this as an attack on Americans is flat-out dishonest.

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