House speaker Mike Johnson has openly distanced himself from the controversial Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge) of Elon Musk, promises that recent drastic cuts on government programs and employees will be 'corrected'.
The comments made during the appearance of Johnson on Fox News' that are in the minority on Friday, have re -made the debate about Musk's radical revision of government bureaucracy.
Although the billionaire entrepreneur says that his efficiency -driven approach is a necessary intervention to reduce the cross -trading government, critics claim that abrupt cuts destroying critical federal programs and assigned employees costs their work.
But when the criticism of Doge was mounted during the live debate, the tone of Johnson suddenly seemed to shift when he signaled a clear separation of Musk's approach.
'Stay informed. Stay informed because it will be corrected, “he said, revealed that he had talked about the return with Musk.
When it was confronted with accusations that the radical cuts of Musk were racially motivated, Johnson was also quickly rejecting such claims as 'clearly absurd'.
'To say that this has something to do with race, it has to do with the size of the government. The government is too big, it does too many things, and it does almost nothing well, “he shot back and focuses on Musk's call for tax disability.
Johnson praised Musk for the 'cracking of the code' about the inefficiency of the government, so that he exposed hidden and wasteful spending practices.
House speaker Mike Johnson has openly distanced himself from the controversial doge of Elon Musk, promises recent drastic cuts to government programs and employees will be corrected
Johnson initially had defended the aggressive approach of Musk to cut waste
Musk holds a chainsaw on stage last month at a conservative conference
'I said before that the congress has been able to do its supervisory stress responsibility for decades, because the bureaucracy hides the data. I mean, we didn't know that USAID financed transgender operas in Peru.
'Of course everyone would have brought that down. So Elon came in, “Johnson explained.
He then emphasized the use of Musk of advanced algorithms to investigate government data, a tool that Johnson claims has exposed the wasteful federal expenditure.
'As Elon says, the data does not lie. And the American people are with us, “he added.
Johnson was initially defended from the aggressive approach of Musk to reduce waste.
President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has already reduced federal agencies, dismissed staff and federal expenditures.
The Trump government has put an end to hiring diversity, frozen federal contracts and stated that there are only two sexes – but it is clear that not everyone is on board.
Liberal Overtakker Marie Harf offered a more sobering perspective on the consequences of Musk's aggressive cost -saving measures, referring to job losses with long -term federal employees, including veterans.
'The government should not be concerned with the dismissal of a veteran who has served their country for 20 years and has to repair it later. I don't trust that it will solve it later. Not me, “Harf argued.
She also warned that some cuts focus on crucial programs such as cancer research and support for scientists who focus on life -saving medical progress.
Johnson emphasized the use of Musk of advanced algorithms to investigate government data, a tool that Johnson claims to have exposed the wasteful federal expenditure
Liberal Overtakte contributor Marie Harf offered a more sobering perspective on the consequences of Musk's aggressive cost -saving measures, referring to job losses at long -term federal employees, including veterans
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'So we can talk about cuts, but in this way Americans hurt. It is irresponsible. And to be honest, that's why you don't only see paid demonstrators coming to these town halls and say: “I am a veteran, I lost my job. I came to work every day. How can you and Elon Musk earn millions of dollars from the US government every day, and you will dismiss these people? '' '
Johnson tried to calm the fears and suggested that more fired work would be used.
'I talked to Elon about this personally and many of us have. He has completely pure motives. He tries to make the government work better for people. All people in the essential employees and the people who do great work will come back, “he assured.
Johnson's Spil suggests that Republican leadership feels the heat of voters who are indignant about the unintended consequences of the speed of Doge.
The recognition that employees have dismissed can be accepted again – especially those working in sensitive sectors such as the maintenance of nuclear weapons – marks an important concession.
In recent weeks, Doge has had to deal with intensive control because of the chaotic handling of dismissals, in particular the dismissing of important federal employees to try to rent them again later.
Among the affected were employees who were responsible for maintaining nuclear weapons sites in the US, a movement that has expressed serious concern about national security and Musk and his allies are now the increasing pressure on the face to reassess their approach.
People who keep banners during a meeting outside of Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Against the Firings or thousands of Federal Workers by Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Doge
Researchers, academics and demonstrators gather outside the Health and Human Services building (HHS) against do-up financing freezes research and higher education in Washington, DC
Earlier this week, Musk unveiled his next two goals while moving to lower the size of the federal government.
He is now looking at cutting the American post service and the Amtrak railway service.
Musk mentioned his goals when he spoke with a Morgan Stanley conference on Wednesday, CNN reported. He virtually appealed to the participants.
In his comments, the technical billionaire compared its influence on the federal government with that of a 'business takeover'.
“To understand the federal government, it is like a business takeover on a scale, but a takeover, but one where the company is in fact much bad than a commercial company could ever be,” said Musk.
Musk continued to say that 'logically we have to prioritize everything that can reasonably be privatized', and that is when he called the USPS and Amtrak.
Musk called Amtrak a 'sad situation'.
'If you come from another country, don't use our national rail. It can leave you with a very bad impression of America, “said Musk.
“We have to try to privatize everything we can, and that would be my recommendation,” Musk added.
