If you’re experiencing delays and long wait times when you try to contact the Social Security Administration, the acting commissioner of the agency wants you to know that he’s not to blame. Instead, you should direct your anger at former President Joe Biden.
Yes, it’s all Biden’s fault, according to a report from MSNBC.
“When asked by USA Today to respond to a report about long wait times and other delays for benefits, a spokesperson for acting Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek blamed Biden, citing the agency’s prior work-from-home policy and ‘advancing radical DEI and gender ideology over improving service for all Americans.'”
But as with nearly everything said by Trump administration officials, Dudek’s remarks are complete nonsense, and Trump officials have exacerbated delays by encouraging Social Security employees to take early retirement, messing with computer codes inside the agency, and issuing conflicting directives that have led to mass frustration and chaos.
Since Trump took office in January, officials with the administration have repeatedly tried to blame diversity and inclusion for any problems caused by their incompetence.
“After a midair plane crash in Washington in January, Donald Trump rushed to blame the crash on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk blamed the California wildfires on DEI. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blamed it for undermining the “warrior ethos of our military.” Trump has even blamed DEI for concerns about college accreditation.”
Such arguments are eagerly lapped up by Trump’s fanatical and poorly informed base, many of whom love to blame others for their own failures and inadequacies. After all, it’s easier to point the finger at minorities than it is to take a long look at yourself and try to fix the problems that keep your life stuck in neutral.
This doesn’t bode well for the future of Social Security and other government programs that millions of us rely on. But it’s par for the course when it comes to an administration headed by a man who declared bankruptcy multiple times, stole from a charity, and was convicted on 34 counts of fraud.
As the old saying goes, The fish rots from the head down.
