Tommy Tuberville
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Tommy Tuberville on Social Security & Medicare

10 episodesOverall tone: Neutral

The Receipts

On-the-record lines behind the coverage of Tommy Tuberville on Social Security & Medicare — each links to the exact moment in the audio.

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Tommy Tuberville, an 81-year-old man, drew Social Security, a program that he was forced to pay into.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 202658:26
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Tommy Tuberville taking Social Security is not a mistake, an error, a problem, an inconsistency.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 20265:44
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the Lanyap wrote a story that I think was just the latest in the series. They're not very happy with Tommy Tuberville. Their entity itself is not very happy with Tommy Tuberville. They've been big on the, you know, he's from Florida, that kind of stuff. Their latest story is Tommy Tuberville took money from Social Security.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 202610:41
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Tommy Tuberville also called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, which it is, and laid out that the people in D.C. don't like to talk about it and then was viciously attacked for daring to talk about it, proving his point.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 2026listen
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Tuberville took Social Security because he paid into it. I guarantee he's paid more into it to anyone listening to this program right now.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 202614:25
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he started drawing Social Security and for three years has drawn a whopping $31,000 each year after calling it a scam.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 20262:45
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Is Tuberville, I mean, in your argument, is Tuberville's arguing that he deserves more out of the Social Security program?

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 5, 202610:51
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Can you believe Tommy Tuberville is taking Social Security? I mean, he's been paying for it all this time. Is he not supposed to?

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 4, 202642:45
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Now you're telling me that if Tommy Tuberville takes Social Security, that all of a sudden the whole system will fall apart.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 4, 20268:01
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it's kind of surprising that Tommy Tuberville wants to make this fight for no reason, especially when, you know, there's absolutely zero chance that what he wants to do to privatize Social Security to make it insolvent more quickly, you know, that's not happening while he's in the Senate.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Aug 4, 202613:03
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Tommy Tuberville last week was on Twitter responding to, you know, one of these engagement farm sort of tweets. The tweet was, what is a scam that's been totally normalized? And he said, Social Security is a scam that's been totally normalized.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Apr 28, 202634:55
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I think that that is something that a lot of people that are his constituents would be unhappy to hear that he thinks social security is a scam.

Tommy Tuberville· The Dale Jackson Show· Apr 28, 202635:22

How each side frames it

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Events & Actions

The factual record behind the coverage — discrete actions and events, dated and linked to the episode they aired on.

  1. Tommy Tuberville began drawing Social Security benefits.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  2. Tommy Tuberville took Social Security benefits.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  3. Tommy Tuberville referred to Social Security as a Ponzi scheme.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  4. Tommy Tuberville took money from Social Security.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  5. Tommy Tuberville drew Social Security benefits while criticizing the program.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  6. Tommy Tuberville is taking Social Security.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  7. spoke in front of Congress about Social Security reform
    The Dale Jackson Show
  8. Tommy Tuberville proposed to privatize Social Security.
    The Dale Jackson Show
  9. Tommy Tuberville took Social Security benefits
    The Dale Jackson Show
  10. Tommy Tuberville tweeted about Social Security being a scam
    The Dale Jackson Show

Where It Aired

Shows split by their average tone toward Tommy Tuberville on this issue.