Posted on 03/13/2025 11:48:34 PM PDT by Libloather
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., erupted over Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) while delivering remarks to colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.
During a markup of bills related to providing the House with information on DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems and the Social Security Administration, Larson turned red and shouted at Republican colleagues, "You will do whatever Elon Musk and Donald Trump tell you to do.
"Where's the independence of the committee? Where's the legislature? We're an equal branch of government," an enraged Larson yelled, "Look at the empty seats here. Where's Elon Musk?"
"I'm sure he's a genius and a very credible person because of the wealth he's accumulated, but that does not put him above the law or the responsibility to come before this committee and this Congress," Larson said. "If he’s great, and all the plans and all the fraud and abuse that he found are so eminent, why isn't he here explaining it? You know why!
"Because he's out to privatize Social Security. He’s been on television the last couple of days talking exactly about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and what he intends to do — privatize it. The American people, some of them may have been born at night, but not last night."
The White House responded Thursday in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"The Democrats have no plan on how to recover from their embarrassing loss, and it shows," White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said. "Instead of working to become a party that focuses on the will of the people, they are hell-bent on keeping their heads in the sand and gaslighting on the widely supported mission of DOGE.
"Slashing waste, fraud and abuse and becoming better stewards of...
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Geez, isn’t Larson the one who had a health issue recently? He should calm down.
78 million people voted for this, the eats lost their kick backs from usaid
So what is he hiding that has him scared of having DOGE discovering? This is not a winning issue for the Dems or the NeverTrumper Repukes especially as DOGE uncovers more and more of DC corruption!
CT has some real doozies in its delegation.
Sounds like Elon has some good ideas here. I don’t think ideas are illegal or unConstitutional.
Musk isn’t going to decide anything, and neither is POTUS Trump by himself, but a Republican Congress could privatize it all and it would be as legal and Constitutional as could be.
And be a lot cheaper with better service.
BTTT
Check this guy’s wife and family to see which of them has been on the payroll, for USAID, for lobbyists, for “non-profits”.
Yup ! Found in about 30 seconds.
https://www.courant.com/2012/10/18/congressman-larsons-wife-gets-a-job-2/
Check this guy’s wife and family to see which of them has been on the payroll, for USAID, for lobbyists, for “non-profits”.
Yup ! Found in about 30 seconds.
https://www.courant.com/2012/10/18/congressman-larsons-wife-gets-a-job-2/
Repubs need to check out the rest of the family.
It is soooo over due. As the money dries up, so will the Democrats. It is going to be a wonderful 4 years.
If/when these guys go on a rant, it should sound like “I’m melting! I’m melting!!”
There’s nothing the private sector does that can’t be made inefficient by government.
Senator Chris Murphy says: ‘So, I’m not the biggest Connecticut blow-hard after all...”
He has a part to play in the political theater presentation of “us” vs “them”. No matter how logical and responsible it is for DOGE to cut waste and fraud ,DOGE is a creation of Trump…. Therefore it is bad. In the end, after all the slashing is done and the positive results start rolling in…. The left will still be looking to spin it as a huge mistake with consequences we cannot even begin to imagine decades down the road.
Crooks, fags, and weird muppet creature things made by Jim Henson.
Musk has never said privatize SS, medicare or medicaid. A simple search proves that so once again the lies from the left run rampant.
Eliminating fraud, waste and abuse scares the hell out of the left because that’s their funding line.
As Wikipedia describes the 92yo Rep. Rosie DeLauro:
“In Congress, DeLauro is known for the bright colors and bold patterns of her fashion, as well as her cropped bob hairstyle, which also features standout colors”.
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Chatty Patty
@ChattyP88777897
Dear fuming, ranting
@RepJohnLarson
. There’s answers to all your questions at http://doge.gov. Elon’s way too busy doing YOUR job that the Oversight Committee miserably fails to do
GOOD ANSWER PATTY!!
Exactly—Larson is my sick (literally) Congress-critter.
We do not need him croaking on the floor—because his replacement will be another Crockett or AOC lunatic.
A lobotomy might be the only thing that can save him at this point.
Where the hell do those people find these eggheads they elect?
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