House Democrats Turn The Tables On DOGE And Outsmart Trump And Musk
Trump and Musk have Marjorie Taylor Greene running the House DOGE subcommittee, so Democrats have countered with a former Office of Management and Budget staffer as the ranking member.
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Democrats may sometimes struggle with election messages and explaining their policies and ideas in a simple way, but one of the areas where Democrats excel is governing.
In contrast, House Republicans appoint people to committees who lack governing skills but are good at appealing to the far-right base.
Republicans put people like James Comer and Jim Jordan in high-level committee chair positions. On their best days, Comer and Jordan have been incompetent and, at worst, they have been an embarrassment to government oversight.
In keeping with the GOP's recent tradition of placing incompetence and embarrassments in positions of oversight, Trump and Mike Johnson put Marjorie Taylor Greene in charge of the House DOGE subcommittee.
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries responded to Greene running the DOGE Subcommittee by naming Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) as the ranking member of the committee.
Stans…
