Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters recently called for the United States to privatize Social Security.
Democrats—and most of Twitter—are incredulous.
Masters, a venture capitalist who has the backing of former Republican President Donald Trump, made his suggestion of privatizing Social Security during a primary debate hosted by FreedomWorks—a conservative advocacy organization.
"We got to cut the knot at some point though because I'll tell you what, I'm not going to receive Social Security. I'm a millennial."
"We need fresh and innovative thinking, maybe we should privatize Social Security. Private retirement accounts, get the government out of it."
You can view a clip of Masters' comments below:
\u201cWow.\n\nBlake Masters, the Republican nominee for Senate in Arizona, called to \u201cprivatize Social Security\u201d:\u201d— The Democrats (@The Democrats) 1660772889
Masters was one of the most conservative among Arizona's Republican primary candidates. In the August 2 primary, Masters joined other MAGA candidates like Kari Lake and Mark Finchem who won the GOP nomination and will appear on November’s midterm ballot.
Masters' suggestion to end Social Security failed to resonate with the public.
\u201cRepublicans: \u201cWe have all the money but we want ALL the money.\u201d\nThat\u2019s why Ron Johnson and Blake Masters are running on destroying Social Security.\u201d— Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09 (@Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09) 1661016539
\u201cATTN ARIZONA: BLAKE MASTERS WANTS TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY! REMIND HIM IT IS OUR MONEY & VOTE FOR MARK KELLY! \ud83d\ude21\u201d— Peter Morley (@Peter Morley) 1660990896
\u201cBlake Masters is running on privatizing Social Security in a state dominated by retirees. \nSometimes I think the GOP is a spin-off of \u201cThe Producers,\u201d a farce where they try to nominate the most unelectable candidates possible.\u201d— Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09 (@Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09) 1661019418
\u201c@GOPChairwoman @280s_Not_Enough Blake Masters wants to take away social security\u201d— Ronna McDaniel (@Ronna McDaniel) 1661039280
\u201cEARLIER: Arizona seniors call out Blake Masters for his plan to privatize Social Security.\n\n\u201cHe promised he would \u2018cut the knot\u2019 \u2026 those are his words, not mine.\u201d #AZSen\u201d— Hannah Goss (@Hannah Goss) 1660329754
\u201cBlake Masters is trending - because he wants to dismantle Social Security. \n\nHe also wants to dismantle Public Education. \n\nBlake is bad for Arizona. Tell him to go back to Silicon Valley - Vote for Kelly.\u201d— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Voting Rights or Bust \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \u270d\ufe0f (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Voting Rights or Bust \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \u270d\ufe0f) 1660792752
\u201cBlake Masters a disaster for democracy & endorsed by a Neo-Nazi wants to ban abortions and Privatize Social Security.\nMark will work to protect reproductive freedom & make sure seniors get the Social Security & Medicare benefits they\u2019ve earned.\n#DemVoice1 \n#MarkKelly \n#VoteBlue\u201d— KarenMarie \ud83c\udf0a Proud Democrat \ud83c\udf0a Black Lives Matter (@KarenMarie \ud83c\udf0a Proud Democrat \ud83c\udf0a Black Lives Matter) 1661020841
\u201cGOP Senate check: Dr. Oz has more houses than Herschel Walker has secret children, Blake Masters wants to privatize Social Security, Ted Budd is trailing Beasley, Ron Johnson has sub-40 favorables, and JD Vance is broke.\n\nAny other year, Rs would be looking at losing 4 seats.\u201d— Lakshya Jain (@Lakshya Jain) 1660805220
\u201cBlake Masters might be the most incoherent political candidate I've ever seen. One second he's calling for abolishing Social Security, the next he says Republicans are the REAL supporters of universal pre-K and paid leave. The only thing consistent is he hates minorities & women.\u201d— Matthew Chapman (@Matthew Chapman) 1660761061
Not only has Masters boosted Trump's conspiracy theory the 2020 election was rigged, but he also claimed the gender pay gap is a "fake left-wing narrative" and publicly blamed gun violence on Black people and "gang violence."
During the same podcast appearance where he blamed Black people for gun violence, Masters also referred to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as an "affirmative action candidate" and a "horrible pick" before her confirmation.
