Rep. Rob Wittman(R-VA) literally faked a phone call to dodge a question about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) recent comments about further cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security if Republicans keep control of Congress after the midterm elections.

In an interview with a Louisiana Radio station on Monday, Johnson said programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid “have to be adjusted and fixed. We have a plan to do that next year.”

Asked about Johnson‘s plan, Rep. Wittman faked a phone call for more than a minute rather than answer the MeidasTouch reporter.

“Congressman, what is Mike Johnson’s secret plan to cut Social Security?” the reporter asked.

Wittman pulled out his phone, tapped it once, and held it to his ear.

“Hello,” he said into the phone. “Hey, how are you doing? I’m good. I’m good with that.”

But the phone remained lit and visible, showing a screen not for a phone call, and the congressman’s ear also kept inadvertently tapping the screen, changing the display throughout his alleged call.

Meanwhile, Johnson is accusing Democrats and the media of misrepresenting his remarks.

“Once again, Democrats and the media are fearmongering,” Johnson wrote in a post on Twitter. “Everyone knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is rampant waste, fraud, and abuse throughout government programs. Just today, the @GOPoversight released a report that Tim Walz’s failures in Minnesota cost the taxpayer potentially $9 billion in Medicaid-related funds and roughly $300 million in federal child nutrition funds.”

Vance referred Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Keith Ellison, the Democratic attorney general, to the Justice Department’s fraud division for criminal investigation, citing the House Republicans’ report. The move is widely seen as the Trump administration’s latest political attack on the leadership of the state.

House Oversight Democrats released their own report stating that Republicans were using fraud as a pretext to go after Minnesota, writing that Republicans were “once again relitigating a fraud scheme that is being aggressively investigated and prosecuted by federal and state authorities.”