Dear Friend,

Trump appointees are still filling key positions all over the federal government, including at Social Security. Will you sign the petition urging Biden to fire them?

Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul, and his deputy, David Black, are two of the worst of Trump's appointees. They're still in office and will be there until 2025—where they can continue undermining Social Security from within.1

A whistleblower came forward recently from within the Social Security Administration and warned that Saul and Black were putting illegitimate pressure on SSA judges to wrongfully deny people with disabilities their earned Social Security benefits.2

Demand Progress is mobilizing grassroots pressure calling on President Biden to weed out Saul, Black, and every last Trump political appointee. Can you send an urgent message right now?

Will you sign the petition urging Biden to fire Trump's left-over appointees?

Andrew Saul has been orchestrating a severe underfunding of the agency that has resulted in field office closures and customer service cutbacks—resulting in long phone lines and people not getting the checks they need.3 He's also worked to undermine the SSA's union in an effort to get rid of it entirely.4

Saul and Black want to dismantle our Social Security system out of an ideological drive. Goings on at the Social Security Administration are often a low priority for Democrats in the White House―President Obama kept George W. Bush’s SSA commissioner through his entire first term. Congress never confirmed a successor, leaving a vacancy for Trump to fill. President Biden must not make the same mistake.

Biden has the power to directly fire Saul, Black, and nearly all of Trump's political appointees, a power recently reaffirmed up by the Supreme Court. But it won't happen without a public outcry. Biden has shown he is responsive to public pressure, especially for good causes like this. Can you add your name today?

Add your name: Tell Biden to fire Trump's remaining appointees!

Thanks for standing up for Social Security.

Robert and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:
1. Slate, "Why Hasn't Biden Fired These Three Terrible Trump Holdovers?" January 27, 2021
2. Yahoo News, "Trump-appointed Social Security Administration officials test Biden's ability to forge new agenda," March 20, 2021.
3. Los Angeles Times, "Column: Biden needs to clean house at the Social Security Administration, and fast," January 29, 2021
4. Ibid.

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