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Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts blasted Elon Musk connected Wednesday and argued that his DOGE efforts are undermining the "values" of the United States, and promised to "fight" against them.
"Elon Musk has astir apt ne'er stepped into a nationalist school, his kids volition get backstage tutors, helium doesn’t recognize it, helium has nary thought what this is each about," McGovern, who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts, told Fox News Digital aft a rally against DOGE cuts to the Department of Education.
"Our teachers bash an unthinkable job. They merit to beryllium respected. The Department of Education is much than conscionable a enactment item," helium continued. "It represents existent people, and it represents our future. And so, yeah, I'm pissed."
McGovern explained that "not a single" Democrat protesting is upset astir cutting fraud oregon waste, but said that acquisition is not the spot to start.
"I usage colorful connection due to the fact that I can't judge we're astatine this moment, and I'm truly pissed astatine my Republican colleagues who are sitting determination twiddling their thumbs, acrophobic to accidental thing due to the fact that they're acrophobic they mightiness get a superior challenge," the House Democrat continued. "But you cognize what? Being successful Congress is astir helping people, not screwing people. And it's astir clip they grew a backbone and came retired present and joined america and pushed backmost against this nonsense."
McGovern argued that the Department of Education is "not a enactment item" and that it "represents existent people" who could suffer important backing for their children successful schools.
"I'd similar to commencement with the Department of Defense first, McGovern said, "where I tin archer you there's tons and tons of waste. They've ne'er been audited successfully. All these different departments and agencies person been audited. But here's the deal. This is not astir rooting retired fraud, waste, oregon abuse. This is astir them shutting down important agencies of departments truthful they tin person wealth to springiness billionaires and large corporations a taxation break, and I'm conscionable sick and bushed of the well-off and the well-connected to this country, getting immoderate the hellhole they privation portion everybody other gets screwed. We can't basal for that."
"I mean, erstwhile is the past clip Musk ever walked into a nationalist school?" McGovern said. "When's the past clip you walked into a supermarket? When's the past clip helium really talked to, like, existent people? And arsenic acold arsenic this DOGE thing, I don't adjacent cognize what benignant of clearances Musk has oregon the young minions that helium has astir him."
"I don't cognize what benignant of clearances they person going done each this stuff. But we should beryllium worried. They're undermining our ideology here. They're undermining, you know, our values. And arsenic I said, if they privation to fight, I’ll springiness them a goddamn fight. We're acceptable for this fight."
When asked whether helium wants Musk to reply questions earlier Congress, McGovern said he'd similar to spot the Tesla and Space X CEO attest nether oath.
"I do, I privation him to travel earlier Congress. I privation them to beryllium sworn in. So helium can't lie. I mean, I saw that property conference, and It was the weirdest happening I've ever seen successful my life. I mean, these guys, this is. You can't marque this worldly up."
DOGE's spending cuts person drawn the ire of galore Democrats successful caller weeks prompting rallies wherever lawmakers person pledged to fight Musk's efforts.
The Department of Education, which Trump pledged to destruct erstwhile helium was connected the run trail, has been a peculiarly heated subject, and Trump precocious suggested that helium inactive intends to get escaped of it and nonstop acquisition decisions to the states.
"Oh, I’d similar it to beryllium closed immediately. Look astatine the Department of Education. It’s a large con job," Trump said this week. "They ranked the apical countries successful the world. We’re ranked No. 40, but we’re ranked No. 1 successful 1 department: outgo per pupil. So, we walk much per pupil than immoderate different state successful the world, but we’re ranked No. 40."
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