<p>Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum appeared to lose her patience with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) during a Wednesday interview on &#8220;The Story,&#8221; calling him out directly for refusing to acknowledge the massive amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse that have been uncovered by the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE).</p>
<p>MacCallum asked Coons for his reaction to the numbers that DOGE has been putting out since its inception — particularly with regard to Social Security — and the Delaware Democrat repeatedly attempted to downplay the DOGE team&#8217;s findings and dismiss them as just a &#8220;small percentage&#8221; of the federal government&#8217;s budget.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;You can&#39;t just put your fingers in your ear and going &#39;blah blah blah, it&#39;s not happening!&#39;&quot;</p>
<p>Things get HEATED when Fox News’ Martha McCallum calls out Sen. Chris Coons for ignoring the waste, fraud, and abuse found by DOGE. <a href="https://t.co/DVopEYRakU">pic.twitter.com/DVopEYRakU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1907525328416743765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Were you as shocked as I was when you heard some of that — some of those numbers, some of the information about how much fraud is happening in Social Security, Senator?&#8221; MacCallum asked Coons about the DOGE findings thus far.</p>
<p>&#8220;So, Martha, not only do I not believe some of what was just shared there, but the Trump administration&#8217;s acting administrator of Social Security has said that less than one-tenth of one percent of the payments put out by the Social Security administration are fraudulent or in error,&#8221; Coons protested. What he did not mention was the fact that Social Security is projected to pay out some $1.6 trillion in 2025 alone, making even one-tenth of one percent a pretty hefty sum.</p>
<p>Coons then tried to turn the conversation back on billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, saying that he was &#8220;alarmed&#8221; that the DOGE team could potentially have access to information on millions of Americans. &#8220;Elon Musk has made it clear that he thinks Social Security is a Ponzi scheme,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A Ponzi scheme is itself fraudulent, fake, criminal, or illegal. I don&#8217;t think Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. I think 70 million Americans depend on it for their principal source of income.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Too bad, because in ten years —&#8221; MacCallum referenced the increasing likelihood that Social Security would be insolvent within a decade.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me ask you a question, Senator. Let me ask you a question. You&#8217;ve made a lot of points, let me ask you a question,&#8221; MacCallum tried to break through as Coons continued his rant. &#8220;You say all those millions of people depend on Social Security, so you don&#8217;t care about the ones that are going to never get it because it&#8217;s going to be insolvent in ten years. What have Democrats done? What did Joe Biden&#8217;s administration do to find the waste, fraud, and abuse in Social Security to try to shore up this important agency? What did they do? Can you tell me?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Sure,&#8221; Coons agreed. &#8220;Martha, you are presuming widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in Social Security. You haven&#8217;t offered any credible evidence to support that. I don&#8217;t believe what DOGE says about virtually any federal agency.&#8221;</p>
<p>The interview continued in that same tone until MacCallum finally called Coons out directly: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why you don&#8217;t want to hear it! It&#8217;s like — you can&#8217;t just put your fingers in your ear and go &#8216;blah blah blah,&#8217; like it&#8217;s not happening!&#8221;</p>

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