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The USAID are screaming like they're part of a prison riot because they don't want us reviewing the spending. But that's all Mr. Musk is doing. And he's finding some pretty interesting stuff."
Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, said to Fox News' Sean Hannity on Tuesday in part Liz Cheney, who led Trump's impeachment and the mass imprisonment campaign against thousands of Trump supporters, was spawned out of USAID."
Earlier Wednesday, Musk reposted a comment from Mike Benz, the executive director for the Foundation For Freedom Online, speaking on Cheney's history with the USAID saying USAID saves lives, promotes stability, and supports people in crisis. I joined Minnesota Now on @MPRnews to talk about how people around the world will quite literally lose their lives and why Elon Musk and Trump don't have the authority to dismantle it."
Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota, on X on Wednesday So apparently USAID financed ultra-progressive Politico in Brussels and basically the entire left-wing media in Hungary under the previous US administration. And they called me 'disruptor of the year'... I think the world owes a debt of gratitude to President @realDonaldTrump for uncovering and putting an end to this dark conspiracy."
Trump-ally Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on X on Wednesday We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,
Musk boasted in a social media post USAID is a criminal organization,
That’s when the incredulity began setting in,
This is not about getting rid of foreign aid.”
Appearing on Fox News on Monday, Rubio said Thank you for your service.”
The message was put on the revived USAID site, ending with the words That’s a huge risk to those individuals, but it’s also a risk to the health of the world more broadly,
To be very explicit about what is being turned off, the sort of things that are being stopped, are programs that support 20 million people on lifesaving HIV treatment right now,
Jeremy Konyndyk, a former USAID employee and president of Refugees International, a rights advocacy organization, told NBC News Considering raising $500B from USAID, ... Funding secured. Stop me if you can Elon Musk,
he wrote, adding ... he wrote Why is Cory Booker so angry at the idea of making sure American tax dollars are spent to further the national interest of the United States and not on things like ‘LGBT activism’ in Guatemala?"
Team Trump wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter We will fight their violation of civil service laws. We will fight their violation of civil rights laws. We will fight their violations of separation of powers. We will fight their violations of our Constitution of the United States of America,
Cory Booker is having an absolute meltdown because we don't want American tax dollars to be wasted on bizarre projects in foreign countries,
Sen. Cory Booker is BIG MAD that lesbian dance therapy for Ethiopians will no longer be paid for by US tax dollars Why are Democrats like this?"
wrote another user, Nick Sorter In response to my concerns, USAID has acted in an unacceptably deceptive and egregious manner. The agency’s attempts to thwart congressional oversight amount to exactly the type of gaslighting that the American people despise most and see so frequently from Washington,
As I’ve said before, sunshine is the very best disinfectant— now is the time to get to the bottom of USAID’s shady practices once and for all. I strongly support your efforts to overhaul this rogue federal agency and stand by ready to assist,
When approached with reasonable questions, bureaucrats and political appointees stated first that there was nothing to be concerned about. Subsequently, they took every measure possible to resist scrutiny or oversight while they pumped millions in American taxpayer dollars around the globe. One might assume they have something to hide,
This is not about getting rid of foreign aid. There are things that we do through USAID that we should continue to do that make sense. And we'll have to decide, is that better through the State Department, or is that better through something, a reformed USAID? That's the process we're working through."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News on February 3:
