Former Gop congress woman Liz Cheney was torn by conservatives on social media after she had defended her earlier work on USAID, that in recent days it became the most prominent target of Doge, in an exchange on X that caught the attention of Doge’s leader, Elon Musk.
“Damn, @elon,” Cheney said on x In response to Musk, tagging an account that does not belong to Musk on Wednesday. “I am proud of what America did to win the Cold War, to beat Soviet communism and defend democracy. Our nation stood for freedom. You may be unknown with that part of our history, because you were not yet an American citizen’s citizen . “
Musk had written ‘Interesting’ in response to a message from Foundation for Freedom Online Executive Director Mike Benz, who had written that Cheney from USAID was “continued”, with reference to her previous position as an officer for controversial and now apparently closed desk.
Cheney spent time at USAID works within embassies with regard to efforts in Poland, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine.
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Former Gop representative Liz Cheney was criticized on social media after he responded to Elon Musk about the controversy of the USAID. (Getty Images)
Various conservatives on social media introduced themselves with Cheney’s remark and defended Musk against every implication that he is “unknown” with American history.
“He is an American from choice instead of birth, which is a strange to insult someone, but more importantly, he has not committed so many crimes against the country that he had to get grace by Joe Biden, so he has it that goes For him, “Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway Posted on X.
“You care more about illegal immigrants that come to this country stealing from this country than @elon who gives this country,” former Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones Posted on X.
“Ya, but he was in the neighborhood when your father made the military industrial complex, sent me and my friends to die to chase the spirits of WMDS in Iraq,” Fox News -employee Joey Jones Posted on X.
The flag of the US Agency for International Development flies in front of his Washington office, DC, Monday 3 February 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cneta)
“Love the anti-immigrant sentiment from LIZ,” on the right Turn strategies President Chris Barron Posted on X. “Funny how they are always everything they claim that their opponents are.”
“The fact that Elon said a single word and you could turn it off, tells me a lot, Liz,” Samantha janney, the editor twitchy.com Posted on X. “What also reveals is your connection with USAID. Damn proud of we to fire you.”
“What a Xenophobe,” Breitbart Senior Editor Joel Pollak Posted on X. “Pure intolerance.”
“From Liz Cheney to Barack Obama, many people still do not appreciate how many of the American political aristocracy -class grew up in USAID families,” Benz Posted on X Earlier this week.
The online debate about the time of Cheney comes to USAID after Musk’s doge efforts have led to the fact that the agency is effectively concluded about what the Trump government argues, wasteful expenditure.
“For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been irresponsible for taxpayers because the massive sums of money on the ridiculous and, in many cases, malignant-quadruent-PET projects of deep-rooted bureaucrats, with close no- Fennelt, with further supervision, “The White House said Monday.
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Vice -President Kamala Harris Campaigns with former Rep. Liz Cheney on October 21, 2024 in Brookfield, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The future of USAID remains unclear, although the doors to the head office were closed on Monday and thousands of employees around the world were waiting to hear if they still had jobs after the apparent Musk takeover.
State Secretary Marco Rubio has been appointed acting director and he agreed on Monday with the White House that the agency needed an overhaul.
“The president made me the acting manager,” he told Fox News. “I have delegated that power to someone who is full -time, and we will continue the same process at USAID if we continue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
Caitlin McFall from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report
