Joe Scarborough Baselessly Claims Republicans Did Not Vote For Cutting Wasteful Spending
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough baselessly argued Friday that Republicans did not vote for President Donald Trump to cut wasteful government spending. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly saved $55…
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough baselessly argued Friday that Republicans did not vote for President Donald Trump to cut wasteful government spending.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly saved $55 billion in federal spending by conducting mass layoffs in federal agencies, dismantling the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) for pouring billions into left-wing causes abroad and cutting programs deemed unnecessary. Though Trump campaigned on eliminating government waste, Scarborough claimed Republican voters did not cast their ballots for Trump in order for several agencies to be downsized.
“his idea that Republicans, all Republicans want a guy wielding a chainsaw and just slashing budgets, slashing USAID budgets or some of us who are very proud of what George W. Bush did with PEPFAR, saving 25 million lives in Africa, slashing , slashing , I’m sorry I’ll just say it, that’s not what a lot of Republicans voted for Donald Trump for,” Scarborough said.
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A majority of Republican voters, 58%, expressed support for DOGE in an Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll from Jan. 24. The survey found that 29% of overall Americans supported DOGE, while 11% of Democrats support the newly formed agency.
A CBS/YouGov poll from Feb. 9 found that 74% of Republicans believe Elon Musk and DOGE should have influence over government operations and spending, while 69% of Democrats believe otherwise. The survey sampled 2,175 U.S. adults between Feb. 5-7 with a margin of error of 2.5 points.