The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, recently exposed massive wasteful spending by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As DOGE leader Elon Musk works to possibly shut down the agency, Democrats are in an uproar, calling the move a constitutional crisis perpetrated by an unelected bureaucrat. However, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) said this transparency was exactly what the American people voted for.
"This is remarkable in all of the wrong ways. When you're scrolling that list, I mean, are you not shaking your head as you're reading it?" Britt said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."
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The list of questionable USAID expenditures included $45 million for DEI scholarships in Burma, $1.5 million to push DEI in Serbia's workforce, $70,000 for a DEI musical in Ireland, $47,000 for transgender opera in Columbia, $20 million on a Sesame Street Show in Iraq, and much more.
"And you think about that, these Democrats are out having an actual meltdown, a 4-year-old meltdown, not over dollars that they believe should be going to our veterans who have served this country honorably, not for dollars that they believe should be helping a single mom get on her feet, not for dollars that they believe should be securing our borders and keeping Americans safe and secure, but they are crying over these dollars," Britt continued. "These aren't even to secure our allies or friends. These are going for liberal, woke ideology, infiltrating that in countries all around the globe. And Sean, let it not be lost on anybody: these are American taxpayer dollars, hard-earned taxpayer dollars."
"Americans deserve transparency, and when Donald Trump ran, he said that's exactly what you're going to get. Promises made, promises kept. We're seeing it time and time again. It is a new day, and it is a good day for Americans," she added.
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