- Howard Lootnick faces a violent reaction to his refusal to concern about lost social security tests.
- The former Social Security Commissioner described his comments “Cavalier Disregar” and “absolute ignorance”.
- Lutnick’s comments are a pivotal point in gatherings that protest the closure of SSA Field offices.
Howard Lootnick, billionaire Minister of Trade, is being beaten online because of his comments on Thursday that his 94 -year -old mother -in -law will not complain about the missing social security examination and that someone will be “fraudulent.”
“Social security did not send their 94-year-old checks this month, she will not call and complain,” Lootnick told the podcast guest. “The fraudulent always performs the highest sound, screaming, screaming, and complaining.”
According to a fact -social security paper, more than 7 million Americans receive at least 90 % of their income from benefits.
Social Security officials have warned that the Trump administration plan to reduce 7,000 SSA employees will lead to delayed benefits tests and can extend the waiting time two to three times.
According to the billionaire Bloomberg Index, the value of the Lootnick net reached at least $ 2.2 billion, starting from February 2025.
Below are reactions to Lutnick’s comments from prominent business leaders, commentators and political leaders. Howard Lootnick and the Ministry of Trade did not respond to the comments requests.
Mark Kobe
In a post on Bluesky, the Cuban republished a screenshot of a news article about Lutnick’s comments on the missing social security Checks and asked, “Has Howard Lootnick did anything of value as a trade minister?”
The presentation of the reality billionaire, which is known to be independent in politics, congratulated Trump on winning the elections in November, and in an interview with Rolling Stone in 2016, described his association with the president as a “relationship of hate love”.
Martin Omali, former governor of Maryland and SSA
“The social security is the lifestyle of millions of Americans,” Umali said on Friday night at the Rachel Mao Gallery. “40 % of the elderly who live alone depends entirely on social security to keep themselves out of poverty.”
He added: “The Knights ignore the complete ignorance of how many Americans live on a daily basis, amazing, horrific, which is harsh in the midst of our government that we have not seen before.”
Randy Winjern, President of the American Federation of Teachers
At the White Blins Social Security Rally, New York, where the Trump administration is scheduled to close a social guarantee office, Winjeren, President of the Labor Union for the Great Teachers, began her speech by pledging that “victory” over “Elon Musk and Lienet”.
She said, “We did not vote for Elon Musk to summon the social security plan.” “We did not vote for Huard Lottenic to say:” Do not worry, none of the elderly, including my mother, if they did not get their checks from social security. “
Jim Kalbourne, a member of Congress
In a publication on X, Clyburn, representative of the Sixth Congress in South Carolina, wrote that “the Trump administration billionaires have no idea that is similar to relying on the social security acquired through the life of honest honest work,” wrote Clyburn, representative of the South Congress in South Carolina,.
The post also includes a fontal clip now from Lutnick’s comments on chlorine podcasts, as the Show Chamath Palihapitiya and David Friedberg are immediately immediately.
Rachel Mado
The MSNBC host has long played a video of Lutnick’s social security comments on the All-in, and said it was “such a political catastrophe” almost had to close her eyes because she “could not bear it.”
“How can this correspond to the fact that you understand the fact that a social security examination, and who you know in your life, gets to verify social security?” I asked before playing a Lootnick clip for the second time.
According to TV Insider, the average Rachel Maddow show reached more than 1.7 million viewers in Primetime in January and one of the most popular offers on MSNBC remained for years.
Chuck Schumer, the leader of the minority in the Senate
Shomer has republished the famous Lutnick clip of the all -famous podcasts in X and described the Minister of Commerce as a “billionaire out of touch” and he is “ignorant or without a heart.”
He added, “Howard Lutnick does not understand what the lost social security examination means for adults on a fixed income.”
Schumer recently faced criticism from Democrats such as Alexandria Okasio Cortez that he did not do enough to fight republican policies on his decision to vote in favor of the Republican Party financing bill in the House of Representatives to avoid the closure of the government.
Ben Collins, CEO of onions
Collins, CEO of the satirical news site, posted a virtual response from Lootnick to a needy person, contrary to what his reaction would be virtual with a defense contractor from artificial intelligence requesting $ 10 billion.
“80 -year -old, starving to death: money? Please?
Lutnick: Avast, Grifter!
The defense contractor who met Peter Thil once and makes Amnesty International Pazokas, which calls stray dogs on the horizon: I need 10 billion dollars … for reasons
Lootnick: Say the least sir, yes, sir, in this way, sir.
