Former White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told Newsmax on Friday that it’s “baffling” to see “Democrats are on record out in front, supporting advocating fraud, waste and abuse inside the federal government.”

Since Elon Musk and his DOGE team have begun uncovering fraud and abuse in the billions from the federal government, some in the Democratic Party have escalated their rhetoric in protest. On Monday, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., called for a “street fight” and called DOGE “the department of government evil.” Gidley said that Democrats are “mad that someone is calling them out.” 

“To them, their god is government. They can’t reduce the size of it. They can’t stop worshiping at the altar of government. And so you’re not going to see maybe a handful, a few Democrats say, let’s work with those. Most of them are going to be upset,” Gidley said during an appearance on “Finnerty.”

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