Democrats used to love the idea of cutting government waste…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a video post on X over the weekend, highlighting former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden praising DOGE-like initiatives to cut government waste.
“To all of the Democrats who are planning to protest this week, here’s an explanation on DOGE, from your party’s own beloved leaders!” Leavitt posted on X.
“Budget reform is not an option, it’s a necessity,” Obama says in the video. “We can’t sustain a system that bleeds billions of taxpayer dollars on programs that have outlived their usefulness or exist solely because of the power of politicians, lobbyists or interest groups.”
“We are going to go through our federal budget… page by page, line by line, eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those that we do need operate in a sensible, cost-effective way,” Obama says during a speech in one portion of the video.
“The American people are entitled to transparency,” Biden says in the video. “They’re entitled to be able to figure out where their dollars are going, and they’re entitled to accountability to make sure that we’re using the dollars for what we said it was for.”
Watch the video below:
To all of the Democrats who are planning to protest this week, here’s an explanation on DOGE, from your party’s own beloved leaders! https://t.co/D2rPvR2ijl
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 16, 2025
According to Fox News, recent polling shows Americans may side with Trump and Musk on DOGE. In one poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group, 49% of respondents said they approve of DOGE’s efforts compared to 44% who indicated they disapprove.
Similar numbers were seen in a recent Economist/YouGov poll, which shows 42% of respondents view DOGE favorably, while 38% indicated they had an unfavorable opinion of the department.
[h/t Fox News]
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