Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said Friday that Democrats were attacking Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Co-Chairman Elon Musk to keep voters from noticing “spending porn” at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Trump administration announced plans for layoffs impacting over 95% of USAID’s workforce, the New York Times reported Thursday. Kennedy said that despite Democrats’ claims, President Donald Trump had the power to “review the spending” that he “delegated” to the Tesla CEO. (RELATED: Fox News Host Says Only People Who ‘Are Up In Arms’ About Trump, Musk Cuts Are ‘Unionized Government Bureaucrats’)
“I was paying especially close attention to what the president had to say about reviewing spending. I think it would be fair to say President Trump is dug in like a tick,” Kennedy told “The Story”…
