GOP grapples with mounting frustration over DOGE cuts

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) Republicans are facing mounting voter frustration with Trump administration cuts made under tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The anger has spilled out into public view in recent days as Republican lawmakers have been confronted over the cuts at raucous town halls. And multiple polls have suggested that, while voters are open to the broader idea of a federal downsizing, they’re concerned by the implementation of DOGE’s efforts.

Now Republicans are grappling with the political danger DOGE poses heading into the midterms — especially amid fears that many of the people impacted come from areas that voted for Trump.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-grapples-mounting-frustration-over-160000715.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250323-0-&bt_user_id=Rd0DnMwaGbM3UQCetw%2Bjg0S2EntDpJkw7ATh36WYYT27XbH94S8uGFIJZKjU8k4m&bt_ts=1742730903327

[Skittles]

1. which is why EVEN MORE EFFORT will be put into tampering with the vote

past even their usual suppression stunts

[democrank]

2. Poor, grappling Republicans

Sold their souls and still grappling.

[azureblue]

3. all they will do

is not go to town hall meetings, and bury their heads in the sand and hope it will all go away. There is not a snowball's chance they will admit to the destruction Trump / Musk is doing, and stop it..

[Jit423]

4. Why are people "open to Federal downsizing?"

In 1939 the US had about 130 million people and the Federal civilian workforce was about 1 million .7% of population

Today the US population is about 341 million and the Federal civilian workforce is about 3 million. .8% of population



Google it to check

[ananda]

5. Republicans only want downsizing that doesn't affect them...

but rather the people they hate.

Too bad, though... it really doesn't work that way.

I guess they're learning this the hard way.

[AllyCat]

6. They aren't grappling with anything. They have no intention of meeting voters, representing

their districts, or upholding their oaths of office. They just want to have the Big Guy do it all for them and protect their own little part of the planet. The rest of us are on our own.

Republicans don't care. They are evil, self-centered, cowards.

They don't care about DOGE and what it does to their people. They'll just choose their voters and disenfranchise the rest and that's all they need.

Fuck 'em all.