Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney has been torn apart by conservatives on social media after defending his previous work at USAID, Doge's most prominent target recently.
“Damn, @elon” Cheney I said in x In response to the mask, we will tag accounts that do not belong to the mask on Wednesday. “I am proud of what America did to win the Cold War, defeat Soviet Communism and defend democracy. Our country was a supporter of freedom. You are still an American citizen It wasn't, so you may be new to that part of our history.”
Musk wrote “interesting” in response to a post from Mike Benz, the Foundation for Freedom's online executive director. Mike Benz writes that Cheney was “breeded” from USAID, citing his previous position as an executive of a fight and now seemingly closed agency.
Cheney spent time at USAID inside the embassy related to efforts in Poland, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine.
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Former GOP MP Liz Cheney was criticised on social media after responding to Elon Musk over the USAID controversy. (Getty Images)
Several conservatives on social media have had issues with Cheney's comments and defended Musk because he means “unfamiliar” to our history.
“He's an American who chooses not birth, and this is strange to humiliate someone, but more importantly, he had to be pardoned by Joe Biden, so the country was He hasn't committed so many crimes against him,” said Molly Hemingway, the editor-in-chief of the Federalist. Posted on X.
“You care more about illegals coming to this country that steal from this country than @elon gives to this country,” says former Georgia Rep. Vernon Jones Posted on X.
“Yeah, but he was when your daddy dies to billions of military industrial complexes and to pursue the ghosts of WMD in Iraq,” says Fox News contributor Joy・Jones Posted on X.
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On Monday, February 3, 2025, the flag of the U.S. International Development Agency flies in front of its office in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Manuel Barthsenate)
“I love anti-immigrant sentiment from Liz,” right-turn strategy president Chris Baron Post to X. “It's weird that they're always going to be everything they claim.”
“The fact that Elon could have said a word and held you back will tell me a lot, Liz,” Twitchy.com editor Samantha Janey Post to X. “Another thing that's revealed is the connection to USAID. I'm proud of WY for firing you.”
“What Xenophobe,” Joel Pollak, senior editor at Breitbart Post to X. “Pure bias.”
“Many people, from Liz Cheney to Barack Obama, are still not grateful for how much of the American political aristocracy grew up in the USAID family,” Benz said. Post to X Earlier this week.
Online debate about Cheney's era in USAID comes after Musk's doge efforts have effectively shut down what the Trump administration claims is wasted spending.
“For decades, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) can't explain to taxpayers, the White House said Monday.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is running a campaign with former Congressman Liz Cheney in Brookfield, Wisconsin on October 21, 2024. (Scottorson/Getty Image)
The future of USAID remains unknown, but the door to headquarters was closed on Monday, with thousands of employees around the world waiting to hear if there is still work after the apparent Musk acquisition. I did.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been appointed acting director, and he agreed with the White House on Monday.
“The president has made me the acting manager,” he told Fox News. “I delegated that power to those there full-time. We'll go through the same process that we're going through at the State Department now.”
Caitlin McFall from Fox News Digital contributed to this report
