It came from a 61-year-old Cuban-American retiree and Marine veteran named Enrique Tamayo.
Our country is being taken over.
Our programs, our entitlements are being dismantled.
Former Social Security Administration Commissioner O’Malley testifying at the U.S. Capitol in 2024Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images
What I feel is that were bringing a knife to a gunfight.
They are part of the authoritarian takeover Tamayo believes the United States is under.
Thats how do I want to use this word?
Yes, I do.
Thats how fascists win, by making us feel like we cant do anything about it, OMalley said.
The next day, Orlando and Palm Coast, then Pensacola.
The next day in Fort Lauderdale, hundreds filled every pew of a Methodist church.
Wheres Jared Moskowitz rep?
So far, DOGE and the White House have yet to report a single actual instance of fraud.
Sounds like a problem.
Who do you have in mind to fix it?
OMalley recalls asking Tanden.
Well, we were thinking of you, she replied.
OK, do you have any pie charts to help explain all this?
he recalled responding to the staffer as the crowd laughed.
OMalley points to a simple graph to explain the challenges his former agency faces.
As punishment, King placed Dudek on administrative leave as Davis and DOGE continued demanding access to the data.
Rather than hand it over, King resigned.
The Trump administration then chose Dudek for the role of acting commissioner.
More than 2,000 havetaken the offer.
These guys are paying people with your money to leave, OMalley told the crowd.
Thats the biggest waste of efficiency in the history of the Social Security Administration.
Then came the lies, OMalley says.
None of it was true.
But didnt really know what they were looking at.
I thought, Woah, what a huge gaffe, Musk probably didnt tell him it wasnt true.
But dont give up on him; dont give up on your legislators.
After the event, OMalley and Diaz found a nearby bar to grab drinks and unpack the event.
That may help from a messaging perspective, but much more may be required.
A woman at the Fort Lauderdale event told OMalley that Americans should prepare for widespread protests and boycotts.
To stop them France is where I think we need to be looking towards, she said.
They do general strikes all the time whenever the government comes for their benefits.
After the event, OMalley spent 30 minutes speaking with attendees before his bodyman gave him the three-minute warning.
Hell no for an administration that isnt trying to destroy it.
