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A Democratic congressman is facing vigor from conservatives connected societal media aft promoting the thought of a "street fight" astatine a protestation pushing backmost against Elon Musk’s caller efforts to slash authorities discarded done the recently created DOGE office.
"This volition beryllium a legislature fight, a law fight, a ineligible fight, and connected days similar this a thoroughfare fight, yes we volition stand," Democratic Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who has represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District since 2020, said astatine a rally successful Baltimore connected Monday extracurricular the Social Security Office.
Mfume, who was elected to capable the spot of the precocious Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, added that DOGE stands for "the section of authorities evil."
Conservatives connected societal media were speedy to knock Mfume. They accused him of inciting unit and wondered aloud wherefore much media outlets weren’t picking up the comments.
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"A ‘street fight’ to halt cuts to wasteful spending?" GOP Sen. Mike Lee posted connected X. "Those are warring words. And they’re not honorable words."
"Remember erstwhile Trump pumped his fist and said combat aft idiosyncratic astir blew his brains retired and the property claimed it was a telephone to violence?" Red State writer Bonchie posted connected X. "Meanwhile…"
"You tin astir perceive the Democrat party’s 31% support standing descent further down a elevation with clips similar this," Republican communicator Matt Whitlock posted connected X. "Not lone are Democrats openly promoting governmental violence, they’re promoting governmental unit implicit backing trans surgeries successful South America."
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"WATCH: @RepKweisiMfume (D-MD) riles his supporters up for a ‘street fight’ against President Trump's docket connected rooting retired authorities discarded and corruption," the Trump White House’s accelerated effect team posted connected X.
"So @realDonaldTrump, what’s the program for dealing with Congressional members who are inciting violence?" Women For America First Executive Director Kylie Jane Kremer posted connected X. " This has to halt & determination should beryllium consequences for immoderate MOC who continues to bash this."
"Dems calling for a 'street fight," the American Firearms Association posted connected X. "Never springiness up your firearms due to the fact that we each cognize these Communist Dems are thirsty for blood!"
In a connection to Fox News Digital, a Mfume spokesperson said, "Congressman Mfume was talking astir going neighbour to neighbour and idiosyncratic to idiosyncratic to combat to triumph the hearts, minds, and souls of disaffected voters who didn’t enactment successful the past predetermination oregon who are turned disconnected by the existent process."
"He believes everybody needs to beryllium engaged and you person to beryllium capable to combat wherever radical are to speech with them and to get them engaged and bring them backmost to the fold."
The spokesperson added that Mfume is "not opposed to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse."
"He is the Ranking Member of the United States House Oversight Subcommittee connected Government Operations and that has been a absorption of his bipartisan enactment alongside Subcommittee Chair Pete Sessions for the past 2 years. Congressman Mfume supports galore things to marque authorities tally better, including ending outgo overruns astatine the Department of Defense, tackling the underworld of fraud and improper payments associated with authorities spending, and establishing a scorecard wrong agencies which measures their quality to curb discarded – helium has worked with astatine slightest a twelve inspector generals connected these issues."
The Trump medication appears primed to people the Social Security Administration arsenic portion of its DOGE efforts, Fox News Digital previously reported, prompting beardown pushback from Democrats who person mostly opposed DOGE, arguing it represents a law situation and a menace to democracy.
"We person 1 elemental message, which is: Elon Musk, support your hands disconnected our Social Security," Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., told the assemblage successful Baltimore.
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"Over the past 21 days, we person seen Elon Musk conducting amerciable raids connected national agencies with his DOGE crew," the legislator said. "This is simply a look for corruption by the DOGE boys."
Musk and different Republicans person argued that a important magnitude of discarded exists successful the national entitlement strategy and pushed backmost connected the accusation that morganatic benefits volition beryllium taken away.
"At this point, I americium 100% definite that the magnitude of the fraud successful national entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc) exceeds the combined sum of each backstage scam you’ve ever heard by FAR," Musk precocious posted connected X. "It’s not adjacent close."
"On nary satellite does @DOGE privation to instrumentality distant anyone’s Social Security check," Sen. Lee posted connected X. "And connected nary satellite is unit warranted by what @DOGE is really trying to do—stop waste, fraud, and maltreatment successful government."
Musk responded to Lee's station by saying, "Yeah, I can’t stress this enough! The extremity of auditing the Social Security Administration is to halt the utmost levels of fraud taking place, truthful that it remains solvent and protects the societal information checks of honorable Americans!"
Fox News Digital antecedently reported that, according to Just Facts, a nonprofit probe institute, SSA disbursed astir $2 cardinal successful fraudulent oregon improper payments successful 2022, which it calculated was capable "to wage 89,947 retired workers the mean yearly old-age payment of $21,924 for 2023."
Fox News Digital's Aubrie Spady contributed to this report
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