GOP lawmakers 'are quietly fuming' over 'awful' DOGE cuts: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

February 19, 2025 9:32AM ET


Add a growing number of Republicans to the list of lawmakers who are becoming both alarmed and furious over the slash-and-burn, error-ridden tactics of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). According to a report from Axios, there are signs of a coming revolt against the Donald Trump-approved dismantling of the government via mass firings that are starting to have a real-world impact in lawmaker's districts.

Those complaints, along with the notion that control of the government's purse strings is being taken away from Congress, has some GOP lawmakers admitting that the "constitutional crisis" Democrats have been warning about could be in the offing.

As Andrew Solender and Stef W. Kight wrote for Axios, "The job and funding cuts are now hitting GOP lawmakers' districts and states," adding, "DOGE's spree of job cuts is starting to target federal roles that even some of Trump's Republican allies in Congress may deem too essential to sacrifice."

According to one House Republican who didn't want their name used, "I think you're going to see a clash when they ... start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAID, right? We authorized that. That's a creature of Congress." "If they try to do something like that, then you're going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis," they added. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) agreed, while noting that some federal workers who were fired had to be hastily recalled because the DOGE employees didn't do their homework.

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[NewHendoLib]

1. FAFO. You help break it, you own it.

[Walleye]

3. This

[forgotmylogin]

24. Let 'em quietly fume, no sympathy

...until they hit the boiling point and are ready to take action. Hopefully before it's too late.

[Walleye]

2. Well, they have already eliminated USAID. What has she done about it?

[magicarpet]

5. Poof it is gone,...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,...

+

18 Inspector General's from various governmental agencies.

[Walleye]

7. It does seem like our wonderful checks and balances have gone on the nod

[johnnyfins]

46. The checks and balances only work

When you have relatively honest leaders who actually know the history of, and respect our constitution.

[Walleye]

51. Yes, civilization is very easy to tear apart. Imagine if everybody decided to stop by obeying traffic laws

[Traildogbob]

4. Fuming????

While in the fetal position in the corner of their office begging, “please don’t hit me, please please I love you sir”.

[Kablooie]

6. All they have to do is gather together and impeach Trump.

They have the means to change things but they refuse to do it.

[Walleye]

9. I agree, they certainly have the grounds. JD Vance is terrible but he's not a complete fucking batshit crazy lunatic

[groundloop]

12. The only question there is how much control Elmo would have over JD

Or would JD grow a pair and tell Elmo to follow the law.

[Walleye]

16. I don't expect Pam Blondi to do it

[mobeau69]

37. Pam Blondi

[Walleye]

38. I couldn't help it, it's just so obvious

[mobeau69]

59. 4 me that's her name now. Tks

[kacekwl]

15. This need to be Demanded now

by every Democratic member of Congress. They need to call for Republicans to bring impeachment charges.... Oh fuck it no one is paying attention anyway.

[Justice matters.]

8. "R quietly fuming" ...!!

as Rome is burning...

[JoseBalow]

57. Where there's smoke, there's fire

[sheshe2]

10. You built the monster.

You aided and abetted him….and only NOW that this is affecting YOUR states, you are concerned. You are just like the people in your district saying…I didn’t think he was going to hurt us, he was just going to go after the libs!!!

Leopard meet face.

[EarthFirst]

11. Give me a fucking break...

I’ve seen bigger plumes from the sugar in a bubblegum cigarette.

“Funming mad” -lol

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Well, just remain "quietly" fuming, and you'll get blown out in 2026.

Speak up and you could save your Party. (Please don't, at least not before it's too late for the GOP.)

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Grandstanding. Period.

[Luciferous]

17. Quietly fuming does nothing to help

fix the mess they created.

[tanyev]

18. Quietly fuming and embarking on a scavenger hunt to try and find a few intact spines they can use.

Good luck with that.

[PortTack]

19. Grow a spine! Look at it this way, if you stand up to this you might be re-elected despite a primary, if you

Don’t, you’re going to be voted out.

FFS save your country!

[berksdem]

20. I'll believe it when

I see it... these asses will just fall in line.

[C0RI0LANUS]

21. These "fuming" Republicans should not be eager for the 2026 mid-term elections. Trumpf won 49.8% of the vote in 2024.

[3Hotdogs]

22. Republican, WHO DIDN'T WANT THEIR NAMES USED ---

That sums it up right there.


Please don't tell Daddy, I'll get a spanking if he hears about it.

[City Lights]

23. Cowardly babies!

Suck it up and do your jobs! No crying in private! Only YOU had the power to stop this and you chose to ignore it.

You broke America. You fix it.

[BoRaGard]

25. "Ha ha. G.O.P. Suckers and Losers. ha ha." - Felon-Rapist 47 (R)

[Akoto]

26. Fuming very loudly would help them and us all much more, at this point. n/t

[RandySF]

27. They can fume all they want.

Means nothing unless they do something about it.

[BeyondGeography]

28. We want our blue-state subsidized gubmint goodies back

Say it, MAGATs.

[JohnSJ]

29. Sorry I don't buy it or they would have gone public.

[bucolic_frolic]

30. DOGE will become a verb that means the same as FUBAR /nt

[OrlandoDem2]

31. Stories like this are nauseating. fucking do something!!

I didn’t even read. What a huge waste of time!

[area51]

32. "... there are signs of a coming revolt...."

I'll believe it when I see it.

[calimary]

48. You know what they say in Missouri.

“Show me.” That’s why it’s called the “Show-me State.”

[Prairie Gates]

33. Useless fucking gits

[keepthemhonestO]

34. Gee whiz

I wonder if any of them have any way to do anything about that you know like checks and balances? They act like they don't have any power bunch of dumb s****. Grrrrr

[JBTaurus83]

35. If it is quiet

then it doesn't matter.

[cpamomfromtexas]

36. Then they need to get a backbone

[Vogon_Glory]

39. Fume all you want, GOPsters. It won't do any good

You’ve proven yourselves to be cardboard cut-outs without bracing, jellyfish without stingers.

The politicos in the Senate as often as not had TWO chances to do right by the Republic and their constituents. They funked it both times.

[AKwannabe]

40. Listen,

I’m all outta fucks!

[sagetea]

41. Repubs are now known as

Reeks! (GoT reference)

sage

[CaptainTruth]

42. Fume loudly, not quietly.

Just a suggestion.

[mwmisses4289]

43. Wait, they were only supposed to go after people in blue states!

gop, you have spent 40+ years breaking the government in small ways "to own the libs" (whatever the hell that means!). Now you have unleashed a wrecking ball, you've gotten what you wished for, and are discovering it's not the libs who are being "owned". What are you going to do to clean up this mess you've made? Expect the libs to bail you out and clean it up for you, like we always do? Eff that noise, do it yourself!

[Salviati]

44. Which is exactly why the Democrats need to be loudly tarring the whole party with them

People who aren't in late stage dementia or blasted out of their minds on ketamine or libertarian ideology realize that these cuts are going to be a disaster when rubber hits the road. They need to know that their names will be tied to this if they don't start standing up for their constitutional responsibilities.

[JustAnotherGen]

45. The fact that it is 'quiet'

Tells me the MagaPublican Party House and Senate members will not do a damn thing to stop this.

Every. Single. One. Caves. Every. Single. Time.

[calimary]

47. Yeah??? Well WTF are they gonna DO about it???

“Quietly fuming”???

SHIT. Give me a break!!!

Silence is complicity.

[Aristus]

49. Quietly fuming costs you nothing, dickheads. And it accomplishes nothing.

Start voting against Trump's shit, or shut the fuck up with your 'fuming'.

[enigmania]

50. It almost sounds like

they are growing disenchanted with the odor of Drump's panties

[Raven123]

52. The story's headline is inaccurate. They are quietly complicit.

Which has been the GOP’s position since forever.

[usonian]

53. FAFO, GET YOUR FAFO HERE.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219770873

Someone has to pay for those tax cuts for the rich.



I can hear the GOP discussing this.

Mikey: "Mister President, the people are revolting"

Donnie: "Yes, aren't they?"

To the point,

[underpants]

54. Damn less Uncle Sucker money to red welfare states.

That’s a damned shame.

[Buddyzbuddy]

55. Oooo, alarmed and quietly fuming.

Well that should fix everything. For a minute there I was worried that nobody would fix this mess. BTW, great reporting. I guess we had the Republicans all wrong, they really do care. Awww.

[NYC Liberal]

56. I call bullshit

We’ve been hearing since 2016 about anonymous Republicans who are supposedly “very concerned” with Trump. They never come forward, never speak out. It’s always “sources say” and they always “privately express worry.”

If they’re not willing to speak out publicly, it’s absolutely meaningless.

[Baron2024]

58. Spineless Republicans

This is really on the Republicans. Some of the old ones like McCain had some integrity. Most of the current crop are afraid of Trump and MAGA. And now they have a billionaire that will run a primary against them. Maybe they should remove Musk before Musk removes them. If they were smarter and had some guts, they could impeach Trump and probably do something about Musk. Any Republican that defeated Trump would have a lot of support. But they can't or they won't because they are afraid of Trump and Musk.