Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum appeared to lose her patience with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) during a Wednesday interview on “The Story,” 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). 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’s findings and dismiss them as just a “small percentage” of the federal government’s budget. WATCH: "You can't just put your fingers in your ear and going 'blah blah blah, it's not happening!'" Things get HEATED when Fox News’ Martha McCallum calls out Sen. Chris Coons for ignoring the waste, fraud, and abuse found by DOGE. pic.twitter.com/DVopEYRakU — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 2, 2025 “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?” MacCallum asked Coons about the DOGE findings thus far. “So, Martha, not only do I not believe some of what was just shared there, but the Trump administration’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,” 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. Coons then tried to turn the conversation back on billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, saying that he was “alarmed” that the DOGE team could potentially have access to information on millions of Americans. “Elon Musk has made it clear that he thinks Social Security is a Ponzi scheme,” he said. “A Ponzi scheme is itself fraudulent, fake, criminal, or illegal. I don’t think Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. I think 70 million Americans depend on it for their principal source of income.” “Too bad, because in ten years —” MacCallum referenced the increasing likelihood that Social Security would be insolvent within a decade. “Let me ask you a question, Senator. Let me ask you a question. You’ve made a lot of points, let me ask you a question,” MacCallum tried to break through as Coons continued his rant. “You say all those millions of people depend on Social Security, so you don’t care about the ones that are going to never get it because it’s going to be insolvent in ten years. What have Democrats done? What did Joe Biden’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?” “Sure,” Coons agreed. “Martha, you are presuming widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in Social Security. You haven’t offered any credible evidence to support that. I don’t believe what DOGE says about virtually any federal agency.” The interview continued in that same tone until MacCallum finally called Coons out directly: “I don’t know why you don’t want to hear it! It’s like — you can’t just put your fingers in your ear and go ‘blah blah blah,’ like it’s not happening!”