{"id":587731,"date":"2021-07-10T08:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587731"},"modified":"2021-07-10T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:44:17","slug":"social-security-commissioner-andrew-saul-fired-plans-to-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-commissioner-andrew-saul-fired-plans-to-sue\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Commissioner,\u00a0Andrew\u00a0Saul Fired.  Plans to SUE"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsocial-security-commissioner-andrew-saul-fired-plans-to-sue%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=587731&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>On Friday fired\u00a0Social Security Commissioner\u00a0Andrew\u00a0Saul, according to the former commissioner. On Monday morning he said he wouldn\u2019t leave because his term isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the few remaining left overs form the Trump administration, The White House confirmed to Fox\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">News<\/a>\u00a0and other\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">news<\/a>\u00a0outlets that it terminated Saul\u2019s employment after he refused a request to resign.<\/p>\n<p>In an\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/andrew-saul-social-security-\/2021\/07\/09\/c18a34fa-df99-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with the Washington Post, Saul said he \u201creceived an email from the\u00a0White House Personnel Office on Friday morning saying he was fired.\u201d\u00a0 However, Saul added that \u201che will not leave his post, challenging the legality of the Biden administration\u2019s\u00a0decision\u00a0to remove him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first I or my deputy knew this was coming,\u201d Saul told the\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">news<\/a>paper, referring to the email. \u201cIt was a bolt of lightning no one expected. And right now it\u2019s left the agency in complete turmoil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-587632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-1024x438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-1536x656.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-2048x875.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-1222x522.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-922x394.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-675x288.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/andrew-saul-scaled-e1625881872880-480x205.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His last month of employment was set to end in January 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider myself the term-protected Commissioner of Social Security,\u201d he said, calling his ouster a\u00a0\u201cFriday Night Massacre\u201d and an \u201cabuse\u201d of power.<\/p>\n<p>The White House also released a statement on the\u00a0decision, alleging that Saul\u2014a longtime GOP donor\u2014\u201cpoliticized\u201d the Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n<p>From the White House &#8211; \u201cSince taking office, Commissioner Saul has undermined and politicized Social Security disability benefits, terminated the agency\u2019s telework policy that was utilized by up to 25 percent of the agency\u2019s workforce, not repaired SSA\u2019s relationships with relevant Federal employee unions including in the context of COVID-19 workplace safety planning, reduced due process protections for benefits appeals hearings, and taken other actions that run contrary to the mission of the agency and the\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">President<\/a>\u2019s policy agenda,\u201d in a statement to Fox\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">News<\/a>\u00a0and other\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">news<\/a>\u00a0outlets in confirming the\u00a0decision.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally Republican\u2019s went to defend him,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis removal would be an unprecedented and\u00a0dangerous\u00a0politicization of the Social Security Administration,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote in a tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I agree with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a>. This removal would be an unprecedented and dangerous politicization of the Social Security Administration. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y33G4YoZKf\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y33G4YoZKf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (@SenMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMcConnell\/status\/1413584718684168197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republicans slammed the firing, with Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell describing the removal as \u201can unprecedented and dangerous politicization of the Social Security Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social Security Commissioner Saul has bipartisan backing \/ I\u2019m hrg Pres Biden may oust him which wld b outrageous Saul was confirmed by Senate in 2019 w a vote of 77 to 16 to 6yr term that doesn\u2019t expire til January 19, 2025\/ DONT POLITICIZE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Social Security Commissioner Saul has bipartisan backing \/ I\u2019m hrg Pres Biden may oust him which wld b outrageous Saul was confirmed by Senate in 2019 w a vote of 77 to 16 to 6yr term that doesn\u2019t expire til January 19, 2025\/  DONT POLITICIZE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley\/status\/1413547776659578886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\">President<\/a>\u00a0Biden is overtly politicizing the SSA,\u201d Grassley said in a statement. \u201cPeople don\u2019t want their retirement and benefits politicized, they just want an agency that works. We had that under Commissioner Saul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee overseeing the agency, said his removal was necessary. \u201cThey\u2019ve been trying to destroy Social Security,\u201d he wrote on Twitter of his firing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday fired\u00a0Social Security Commissioner\u00a0Andrew\u00a0Saul, according to the former commissioner. On Monday morning he said he wouldn\u2019t leave because his term isn\u2019t over. As one of the few remaining left overs form the Trump administration, The White House confirmed to Fox\u00a0News\u00a0and other\u00a0news\u00a0outlets that it terminated Saul\u2019s employment after he refused a request to resign. 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