Warren Releases New Social Security Explainer Video on YouTube to Reach Seniors Concerned About Benefits, Services
“This is about all of us getting into the fight to defend the Social Security that people have paid into all of their working lives.”
Senator Warren led Senate Democrats in launching Social Security War Room to fight back against Trump, Musk Attacks on Social Security
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new Social Security explainer video on YouTube to reach seniors concerned about cuts to their benefits and services. In the video, entitled “What’s going on with Social Security — and how we're fighting back,” Sen. Warren explains the state of play, lays out the fight ahead to protect Social Security from Trump and Musk’s attempts to gut the agency, and urges people to share their stories about what Social Security means to them. According to AARP, at least half of Americans aged 50 and older use YouTube.
“One of the best things we can do is tell the stories. Tell the stories about why Social Security matters. Tell the stories if you're running into problems. Tell the stories about the people you know, maybe people who work at the Social Security Administration. This is about all of us getting into the fight to defend the Social Security that people have paid into all of their working lives,” said Senator Warren.
Senator Warren recently led Senate Democrats in launching their Social Security War Room, a coordinated effort to fight back against the Trump administration’s attack on Americans’ Social Security. The War Room coordinates messaging across the Senate Democratic Caucus and external stakeholders; encourages grassroots engagement by providing opportunities for Americans to share what Social Security means to them; and educates Senate staff, the American public, and stakeholders about Republicans’ agenda and their continued cuts to Americans’ Social Security services and benefits.
Transcript: What’s going on with Social Security — and how we're fighting back.
YouTube
April 23, 2025
Senator Elizabeth Warren: You might have heard that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking a chainsaw to your Social Security. So let's talk about it.
Moderator: So what have Donald Trump and Elon Musk done to Social Security so far?
Senator Warren: Donald Trump and Elon Musk are saying 78% of the people they want to fire are the folks working in those field offices to help people across this country when they have a problem. This is Donald Trump and Elon Musk working together as co-presidents to keep people from getting the Social Security benefits that they earned and they were promised by law.
Moderator: Can Trump and Musk actually do this?
Senator Warren: No. Not legally. Congress established Social Security, and only Congress can cut benefits officially. But Trump and Musk are so determined to cut people's access to Social Security, they're trying a backdoor way. They're making it harder and harder and harder and harder for people to get the Social Security benefits that they earned, and that the law says that they have a right to.
That's what they're up to.
Moderator: Are people seeing issues with their Social Security benefits?
Senator Warren: Oh, yeah. Tom and Chris in Massachusetts have an adult son on the autism spectrum. He relies on Social Security benefits, for his support and for the care that he needs. So they check routinely to make sure everything is okay.
They checked last week and they're told “nothing.” He has no benefits, no right to any benefits. And now what are they going to do? So this is what is happening around the country.
Shoot, there’s a guy out in Seattle, Ned. He finds out from checking about his Social security. He receives a notice that he's dead, and has to spend weeks going back and forth to the Social Security office just to say, “not really. I'm still alive. Please don't take back the money already in my account and please restart my Social Security payments.”
Look, Social Security is a great agency and bless them and bless those workers for the work they do every day. But mistakes do happen.
When Elon Musk and Donald Trump come in with a chainsaw and they're firing people and creating chaos, two things happen: the number of mistakes goes up and the people there to help you get them fixed goes down. And that's bad for everyone who counts on Social Security.
Moderator: So what's anyone doing about it?
Senator Warren: Well, I’ve established a Social Security War Room. This means I'm going to be doing oversight, investigations, we'll be sending out letters, visiting Social Security offices, but I need help from all of you.
One of the best things we can do is tell the stories. Tell the stories about why Social Security matters. Tell the stories if you're running into problems. Tell the stories about the people you know, maybe people who work at the Social Security Administration. This is about all of us getting into the fight to defend the Social Security that people have paid into all of their working lives.
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