Establishment GOP Senators Say Trump Is Saving Taxpayer Money ‘Too Fast,’ Demand He Slow Down

Breitbart ^ | 19 Feb 2025 | Wendell Husebo

[Olog-hai]

Establishment Republican senators believe President Donald Trump is saving taxpayer money “too fast” while “rashly” purging rogue and corrupt bureaucrats.

The senators requested Trump slow down on fulfilling his campaign promises of cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, as well as gutting the “deep state.”

The administration is moving “too fast,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told Axios about Trump’s campaign promises.

Collins, an ally of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), claimed the president is “making mistakes” and would be happy with “a more surgical approach” that does not “violate restrictions that are in current law.”

“Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) echoed Collins.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), another ally of McConnell, is very worried about purging the “deep state” of rogue and corrupt actors. …

[No name given]

It’s not so surprising.

[pepsi_junkie]

RINO position same as Dem position. Go figure.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Trump is moving the Overton Window at light speed.

[HIDEK6]

I’ve heard it all, now.

This really is not satire, is it?

[delchiante]

Spoken like members of a money laundering crime syndicate

[LouAvul]

studying and staffing to see what the consequences are

Lemme guess. These RINOs would be of the opinion we should bail out GM because, even though GM is an inefficient operation, it's too big to allow to fail?

Do none of these people understand anything about economics?

[11x62]

We can add the new Utah senator John Curtis to this list. His reply to my note in support of DOGE included this:

” I believe DOGE is moving so fast that it isn’t fully factoring in the human element.”

So “too fast” must be the party line. At least he did say that he shares my concerns.

[cld51860]

Swamp creatures singing their death song.

[roving]

I wish the people would wake up and vote her out of office. What is wrong with them?

[BradyLS]

A Bee-worthy headline if ever there was one!

[Olog-hai]

Do you mean Collins or Murkowski?

[logi_cal869]

[metmom]

“establsihment GOP” = RINOS.

[RitchieAprile]

That didn’t take long..

[Paladin2]

It’s a Wild, Wild, Wild World we live in....

[TigersEye]

I wonder what he means by “the human element?” Nice people steal too?

[FormerFRLurker]

Is he? We still have a national deficit of over $36 trillion. Seems to me if Trump were actually saving taxpayer money "too fast" that number would be lower.
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[Olog-hai]

If the RINOs feel that he is, then something’s happening.

Or was the opportunity for a cheap shot too much to resist?

[milagro]

Was certain it was when I first saw the post.

[FormerFRLurker]

If the RINOs feel that he is, then something’s happening.

Sorry, I deal with hard numbers, not the feelings of RINOs, when it comes to our nation's debt.