The Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee despatched a memo to GOP senators telling them to “lock arms” with co-President Elon Musk and his so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity, based on Fox Information. That implies Republicans know that Musk’s harmful cuts to the federal authorities are damaging their social gathering’s probabilities within the 2026 midterm elections.
In response to Fox Information, the NRSC—which seeks to elect Republicans to the Senate—advised GOP members to “drive the message that President [Donald] Trump and Senate Republicans are undoing the Biden-Harris spending that drove inflation and higher costs of living.” The memo additionally advised Senate Republicans to quote “quite a few examples of egregious waste, fraud, and abuse all through the federal authorities” to construct help for DOGE’s efforts.
However all of that may be a lie.
DOGE has struggled mightily to search out fraud or abuse—simply applications that Republicans are ideologically against.
What’s extra, DOGE has overstated by billions of {dollars} the quantity of financial savings it’s supposedly discovered, making quite a few errors on its public web site that purports to put out the cuts it has made. After these errors had been discovered, DOGE made it close to inconceivable for the general public to examine their math.
And the cuts it’s making or plans to make—to issues like Social Safety, veterans’ well being care, training, most cancers analysis, meals assist, and public well being—are not widespread.
Even worse is that DOGE doesn’t look like saving the federal government cash but. Relatively, it is just breaking widespread authorities applications and making life worse for hundreds of thousands of Individuals who depend on these applications.
The NRSC memo comes as help is cratering for Musk, DOGE, and their chaotic and harmful cuts to the federal authorities and workforce.
A current Fox Information ballot discovered that 56% of registered voters disapprove of the way in which Trump and Musk are making cuts to the federal government, with an excellent increased 65% saying that “not enough thought and planning has gone into the cuts.”
A Quinnipiac College ballot revealed on March 13 discovered related outcomes, with 54% of voters saying that “Elon Musk and DOGE are hurting the country.”
That sentiment is effervescent up throughout the nation as offended Individuals present up at Republican city halls to demand that GOP lawmakers get up to Trump and Musk’s cuts. The anger has led Republicans to go into hiding and refuse to carry city halls in any respect.
Individuals are additionally protesting at Tesla dealerships—a approach of exhibiting their discontent with Musk as he owns the flailing automotive firm.
The Trump administration is making authoritarian threats towards these demonstrating at Tesla dealerships, labeling protesters as home terrorists, and even telling Democratic lawmakers to “tread very carefully” as they encourage the protests.
In the meantime, as nationwide Republicans ask their members to embrace Musk and DOGE, Democrats are pushing the correct message that DOGE is making cuts that can harm Individuals.
“Let’s be clear: there’s nothing ‘efficient’ about freezing lifesaving cancer and Alzheimer’s research,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, stated in a publish on X. “What Musk and Trump are doing at [the National Institutes of Health] and other vital agencies is putting American lives at risk.”
And Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, stated Monday in a publish on X stated that Trump and Musk’s cuts are hurting weak communities.
“Unmitigated chaos and a heavy dash of cruelty: Trump’s administration is firing thousands, introducing chaotic tariffs, and jeopardizing the whole economy,” Warner stated. “And now they’re cutting support for food banks that support 1 in 6 American families.”
