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Former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney was ripped by conservatives connected societal media aft she defended her erstwhile enactment astatine USAID, which became the astir salient people of DOGE successful caller days, successful an speech connected X that drew the attraction of DOGE’s leader, Elon Musk.
"Damn right, @Elon," Cheney said connected X successful effect to Musk, tagging an relationship that does not beryllium to Musk, connected Wednesday. "I’m arrogant of what America did to triumph the Cold War, decision Soviet communism, and support democracy. Our federation stood for freedom. You whitethorn beryllium unfamiliar with that portion of our past since you weren’t yet an American citizen."
Musk had written "interesting" successful effect to a station from Foundation For Freedom Online Executive Director Mike Benz, who had written that Cheney was "spawned" retired of USAID, citing her erstwhile presumption arsenic an serviceman for the embattled and present seemingly shuttered agency.
Cheney spent clip astatine USAID moving wrong embassies related to efforts successful Poland, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine.
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Several conservatives connected societal media took contented with Cheney’s remark and defended Musk against immoderate accusation that helium is "unfamiliar" with U.S. history.
"He is an American by prime alternatively of by birth, which is simply a weird happening to insult idiosyncratic over, but much importantly, helium didn't perpetrate truthful galore crimes against the state that helium had to beryllium pardoned by Joe Biden, truthful he's got that going for him," Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway posted connected X.
"You attraction much astir illegals coming to this state stealing from this state than @elon giving to this country," erstwhile Georgia authorities Rep. Vernon Jones posted connected X.
"Ya, but helium was astir erstwhile your daddy was making the subject concern analyzable billions sending maine and my buddies to dice chasing the ghosts of WMDs successful Iraq," Fox News contributor Joey Jones posted connected X.
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"Love the anti-immigrant sentiment from Liz," Right Turn Strategies President Chris Barron posted connected X. "Funny however they ever extremity up being everything they assertion their opponents are."
"The information Elon said a azygous connection and was capable to acceptable you disconnected tells maine a lot, Liz," Twitchy.com exertion Samantha Janney posted connected X. "What’s besides revealing is your transportation to USAID. Damn arrogant of WY for firing you."
"What a xenophobe," Breitbart elder exertion Joel Pollak posted connected X. "Pure bigotry."
"From Liz Cheney to Barack Obama, a batch of radical inactive don’t admit however overmuch of America’s governmental aristocracy people grew up successful USAID families," Benz posted connected X earlier this week.
The online statement astir Cheney's clip astatine USAID comes aft Musk's DOGE efforts person resulted successful the bureau being efficaciously unopen down implicit what the Trump medication argues is wasteful spending.
"For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers arsenic it funnels monolithic sums of wealth to the ridiculous — and, successful galore cases, malicious — favored projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight," the White House said Monday.
The aboriginal of USAID remains unclear, though the doors to its office were closed Monday, and thousands of employees crossed the globe sat waiting to perceive whether they inactive had jobs aft the evident Musk takeover.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been named the acting director, and helium agreed Monday with the White House that the bureau needed an overhaul.
"The president made maine the acting administrator," helium told Fox News. "I’ve delegated that powerfulness to idiosyncratic who is determination afloat time, and we’re going to spell done the aforesaid process astatine USAID arsenic we’re going done present astatine the State Department."
Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall contributed to this report
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