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Democrat Lawmaker Joining the DOGE Pack

2024-12-05

[RedStatE] The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is now officially bipartisan. Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) is joining the House of Representatives DOGE Caucus.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., announced on Tuesday that he would be joining the House of Representatives' DOGE Caucus, becoming the first Democrat in the now-bipartisan group.

He advocated for removing the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) from the purview of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), something floated by several Republican politicians months ago.

"Today I will join the Congressional DOGE Caucus, because I believe that streamlining government processes and reducing ineffective government spending should not be a partisan issue," Moskowitz said in a statement.

Now, there's a goal that seems impossible to oppose. Who could not think that streamlining government processes and reducing ineffective government spending is a good idea? Of course, many of Rep. Moskowitz's Democrat colleagues will oppose the DOGE efforts, as most of that party have never seen any government spending or expansion of the bureaucracy that they weren't in favor of.

One wonders if Rep. Moskowitz will be labeled a "Democrat in Name Only (DINO)." Is that a thing? It's not at all unlikely that the Democrats

...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
will label Moskowitz and any other Dems who join this effort as turncoats, of the same order as the two tame Republicans Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
allowed on the J6 Committee.

There's a big difference. The J6 Committee was implemented to keep the Deep State in place. The DOGE is intended to hamstring it.

The DOGE Caucus, standing for Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency, was launched by Reps. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Aaron Bean, R-Fla., soon after President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States...
announced a DOGE advisory panel to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

"I’ve been clear that there are ways we can reorganize our government to make it work better for the American people. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security, while very necessary, has gotten too big," Moskowitz said.

The Department of Homeland Security, we might note, has only been in existence since 2003. We got along without it before then. Why not eliminate it altogether and rotate the functions initially folded into the DHS back to where they were? That seems like something one might place in the category of "a good start."

For the moment, this idea seems to be building up a head of steam. Americans in general, at least those who are not in the notorious Squad or who are Squad-adjacent, think that Washington City could stand to have a little — or a lot — of fat trimmed away. Some of us would like to see a lot more than that. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are talking about swinging a broad axe, and may well propose eliminating entire agencies.

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