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In case you have been questioning the place Elon Musk’s shady and unlawful DOGE information breach was going and what the endgame was behind all of it, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) gave away the sport on CNN’s State of the Union.
Dana Bash requested, “ Did you speak to him about while you go the invoice to maintain the federal government operating, at the least you hope you’ll achieve this, that you’ll embody cuts in that, that mirror what he’s attempting to do? Large cuts, in some instances nearly eliminating businesses.”
Johnson answered, “Sure, we will want just a few extra weeks, perhaps a month or extra to qualify and quantify after which codify what Doge effort is all about, and that’s eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse within the authorities. He genuinely believes they are able to discover as a lot as 1 trillion, and that’s going to make a giant distinction, clearly, within the budgeting for the federal authorities and the appropriations course of going ahead.”
Bash requested, “Did he present you what he is doing?”
Speaker Johnson replied:
Sure, he has. He is proven me, um, most of the examples of the outrageous abuses. And I am telling you, Dana, when the American individuals perceive what has been occurring with our taxpayer {dollars}, that Congress has been unable to discern, even with our greatest oversight efforts, Elon has been in a position to crack the code.
He is contained in the stomach of the beast of the forms and the algorithms are crawling via the info consistently.
Video of Johnson:
Elon Musk is utilizing algorithms to provide you with claims of fraud in packages that Republicans need to lower, after which as a substitute of going via the legislative course of, the Home goes to take Musk’s phrase for it, and authorize these cuts.
The secret is chopping packages to pay for tax cuts for the rich and firms.
There isn’t a approach that Republicans would be capable to get these cuts via Congress in any other case, so they’re doing an finish round.
Musk and Home Republicans are going to assert that there’s fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Safety. Musk will magically discover fraud in issues that Republicans have at all times needed to chop.
It’s a rip-off. It’s coming, and folks higher prepare.
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