{"id":2400446,"date":"2025-02-07T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-doge-accesses-social-security-numbers-easily-as-democrats-unveil-data-protections-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T22:04:31","slug":"elon-musks-doge-accesses-social-security-numbers-easily-as-democrats-unveil-data-protections-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-doge-accesses-social-security-numbers-easily-as-democrats-unveil-data-protections-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE accesses Social Security numbers \u2018easily\u2019 as Democrats unveil data protections &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musks-doge-accesses-social-security-numbers-easily-as-democrats-unveil-data-protections-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-police-call-audio-from-springfield-ohio-appears-to-confirm-haitian-goose-story\/\" title=\"New Police Call Audio from Springfield, Ohio, Appears to Confirm Haitian Goose Story\">article discusses recent comments made<\/a> by President Donald\u200d Trump regarding Elon Musk&#8217;s capability to access \u200bpeople&#8217;s Social Security numbers through his\u2064 tech team, \u200bknown as DOGE.\u2062 Trump&#8217;s admission has heightened concerns among Democrats, prompting them to introduce the Taxpayer \u200bData Protection Act aimed at\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-illegals-are-sneaking-onto-u-s-military-bases-in-guam\/\" title=\"Unauthorized Chinese individuals are infiltrating U.S. military installations in Guam\">preventing unauthorized access<\/a> to personal data \u2064within government payment systems. leading Democrats,\u200d including Reps. Haley\u200b Stevens\u2064 and sean Casten,\u2062 argue that thes\u200c efforts are necessary to protect citizens from what they perceive \u200das overreach \u2062by an unelected billionaire.\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The article highlights a growing tension between Republican efforts to streamline government through cost-cutting,led by Musk,and\u2062 Democratic fears\u200d about privacy and the safeguarding of \u200bsocial services like Social security and Medicaid.Trump defends Musk\u2019s work as \u200dan\u200b initiative to eliminate \u200dgovernment\u2063 waste, while Democrats criticize the lack of Republican action against potential threats to personal facts security. The context of this debate\u200c follows accusations \u2063from \u200dDemocrats that the GOP\u200c aims \u2063to undermine social services as part of \u2063budget cuts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Elon Musk&rsquo;s DOGE accesses Social Security numbers &lsquo;easily&rsquo; as Democrats unveil data protections<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1983727\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Friday that billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> and his tech team can access people&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Social Security\">Social Security<\/a> numbers quite &ldquo;easily,&rdquo; an admission fueling Democrats&rsquo; efforts in Congress for new data protection legislation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk is leading Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting efforts, using a team of computer whizzes to access government agencies and payment systems to look for programs and people to cut off the payroll. <\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s investigation into the Treasury Department&rsquo;s payment system riled the public with Democrats claiming an unelected billionaire is looking to access the private information of hardworking people.<\/p>\n<p>To stop him, Democrats led by Reps. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Sean Casten (D-IL) introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffries.house.gov\/2025\/02\/06\/taxpayer-data-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Taxpayer Data Protection Act<\/a> to &ldquo;shield the American people from this out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-control power grab permanently<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would bar &ldquo;unlawful access to the payment system&rdquo; at the Treasury Department.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Friday acknowledged that Musk and his DOGE team can access taxpayers&rsquo; personal information and Social Security numbers quite easily.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why does DOGE need all of that?&rdquo; a reporter asked Trump at the White House. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t, but they get it very easily,&rdquo; Trump replied. &ldquo;And we don&rsquo;t have very good security in our country, and they get it very easily.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), center, is joined by House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), from left, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA), and Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL), during a press conference regarding the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) placed the blame for Musk&rsquo;s overreaching authority on Republicans, asking them why they are not concerned about bureaucratic involvement in personal data.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not stopping them because they&rsquo;re not working in the best interest of the American people,&rdquo; Jeffries said on Thursday during a press conference. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re simply following far right, extreme orders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The taxpayer protection effort comes as DOGE is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/02\/06\/2025\/inside-doges-march-with-the-social-security-administration-soon-to-come\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">setting its sights on the Social Security Administration<\/a>, according to <em>Semafor<\/em>. Democrats have long accused Republicans of wanting to gut Social Security and Medicaid benefits, a claim resurging as the GOP works to narrow down a topline for the budget reconciliation process.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Friday claimed he wouldn&rsquo;t touch Social Security benefits and defended Musk&rsquo;s work to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-donates-1-million-to-stacey-abrams-campaign\/\" title=\"Soros Donates  Million to Stacey Abrams Campaign\">save taxpayers money<\/a> by identifying waste. <\/p>\n<p>Republicans have said DOGE will play a significant role in cost cutting as Musk continues to dismantle or review agencies and practices to slash excessive government spending.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s team is gutting the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Trump said he&rsquo;s also asked Musk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3314342\/trump-points-musk-doge-target-federal-government-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"target\">target<\/a> the Pentagon, the Department of Education, and other agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wish we didn&rsquo;t have to do it, but my God, we are here today because there is a narcissistic billionaire running the government who peddles in fascism,&rdquo; Casten said Thursday. &ldquo;And if you are listening to that and saying, &lsquo;Is he talking about Donald Trump or Elon Musk?&rsquo; then you kind of get the problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to DOGE for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1983727\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1983727\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE can easily access Social Security numbers, prompting Democrats to push for new data protection laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2400447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25037693051429.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39909,23466,32192,5894,33104],"class_list":["post-2400446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-data-protection","tag-doge","tag-elon-musk","tag-politics","tag-social-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25037693051429.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400450,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400446\/revisions\/2400450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}