Posted on 12/05/2024 11:39:52 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that the proposed Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, would be “unconstitutional and illegal.”
Host Jim Acosta said, “I want to ask you about something that is coming into your wheelhouse. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy apparently will be up on Capitol Hill talking about their ideas for this thing that they’re calling DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, which is a bit of a misnomer because it won’t be a part of the federal government, apparently but Congress controls the purse strings. What are your thoughts on Elon Musk and Ramaswamy deciding or trying to decide what stays and what goes in the federal government?”
Lofgren said, “Well, it’s illegal. You know they haven’t asked to meet with me, but the impoundment of funds that have been appropriated by the Congress is unconstitutional and illegal. There is no such Department of Government Efficiency it’s made up. So good luck to them. I mean, if, um, if there is a plan that President Trump wants to propose to the Congress he should send it to us but the Constitution does not permit the president to simply avoid what the Congress has done, that that power of the purse is with the legislative branch, not the president.”
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Zoe Lofgren should start answering questions about her “Countin’ Party” and all the unconstitutional and illegal “voting” going on a month after the “election” in her state...
They’re advisors to POTUS. That’s not illegal.
How is it unconstitutional you stupid twit?!
The executive office manages the affairs of ITS employees and how it implements the law as established by Congress.
The house appropriates the funds and the exec is in charge of spending them… or not…
I know. There’s nothing illegal about a private citizen advising members of government. It’s called the First Amendment. Maybe that dum-dum should go read it.
Hillary’s Health Care Task Force was illegal, but RATS didn’t care about that back then.
Oh, suddenly the Left is concerned about things being Constitutional. That’s a lark.
The Federal Government’s main directive according to the Constitution is to protect the U.S. from invasion. This traitor has not fulfilled her oath of office. Time to make malfeasance a capital offense.
Since when did Communists care about the Constitution?
They aren’t taking funds already allocated. It’s future cuts they will recommend be codified into law. Biden added departments for social justice. Her outrage is feigned. She will always vote against MAGA
We’re fixin’ to find out.
It’ll be at the USSC in less than a year.
there is a DOGE caucus
lofgren is all in on out of control spending
we knew that
And there you have it. Her nose is out of joint because nobody has met with her. Pfffft... She makes the weak argument that DODGE is unconstitutional, well by that standard, where is the Department of Education spelled out in the Constitution? Department of Energy? Housing?
It is no such thing.
Zoe sounds unhinged and unconstitutional.
I guess she missed the last 4 years of the Biden admin.
We once had a dog we named Zoe. Much prettier than this one and I’ll bet a lot smarter.
“Czar” isn’t in the Constitution either but that didn’t stop Hussein, the rat party or the MSM.
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