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Republican Senator sets internet ablaze as he sets the record straight
on DOGE: 'He's my hero'
By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 22:53 EST, 7 February 2025 | Updated: 03:25 EST, 8 February 2025

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A Republican Senator has won plaudits online for his no-holds-barred
speech on Capitol Hill defending Elon Musk's work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

John Kennedy, of Louisiana, lauded Musk as a national hero for his
relentless audit of government spending under President Donald Trump's directive.

'They're very, very, very upset at President Trump,' Kennedy declared in
his signature Southern drawl. 'And they're very, very, very upset at
Elon Musk.'

'People have been screaming like they're part of a prison riot!' he
proclaimed, shaking his head at the outrage directed at Musk's forensic financial deep dive.

'Love this Man!' wrote one X user, with another promptly agreeing, 'He's
my hero!'

'Keep this man for the humor. I can imagine it will only get better as
he gets older,' added one user.

'His is worth sharing with those on the left who are willing to listen
and are not completely blinded by their ideologies. The information Mr.
Kennedy presents is so clear and compelling. I am so thankful for what
DOGE is doing,' tweeted a fourth.

During his 16-minute speech Kennedy wasted no time in painting a picture
of Musk as a modern-day crusader, a genius businessman with a top-secret security clearance.

Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana took to the Senate floor to deliver an unapologetic defense of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
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Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana took to the Senate floor to deliver an unapologetic defense of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and
supporters are protesting against Elon Musk's DOGE and his aids who have
been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly
locked out career civil servants from their computer systems
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Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and
supporters are protesting against Elon Musk's DOGE and his aids who have
been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly
locked out career civil servants from their computer systems

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'Musk is doing what the American people have wanted for years,' Kennedy
said. 'But in Washington, common sense is illegal.'

Musk was handpicked by President Trump to fulfill a campaign promise: a line-by-line, no-nonsense audit of every single dollar the federal
government spends.

'President Trump issued an executive order and he turned to Mr. Musk and
said, 'I want you to do for me what I said I was gonna do in the
election,' Kennedy explained. 'I want you to go through all the spending
line by line.'

According to Kennedy, the findings thus far have been nothing short of scandalous, exposing a breathtaking level of taxpayer-funded absurdity.

With each revelation, his voice took on a mix of disbelief and righteous indignation.

Musk's audit began with USAID, the agency responsible for handling
America's foreign aid budget, a $40 billion behemoth with 10,000 employees.

Kennedy described it as a bloated, unchecked institution that had become
a piggy bank for Washington insiders looking to throw money around the
world, regardless of where it ended up.

Musk highlighted some of the more unusual causes to which fund were
directed.

Musk's audit began with USAID, the agency responsible for handling
America's foreign aid budget, a $40 billion behemoth with 10,000 employees
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Musk's audit began with USAID, the agency responsible for handling
America's foreign aid budget, a $40 billion behemoth with 10,000 employees

A woman protests outside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
headquarters after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency
(DOGE) was charged with its oversight
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A woman protests outside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
headquarters after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency
(DOGE) was charged with its oversight

He then walked the chamber through a staggering timeline of Biden-era
spending
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He then walked the chamber through a staggering timeline of Biden-era
spending

$20 million spent producing a new Sesame Street show in Iraq; $7.9
million funneled into a Sri Lankan journalism project to teach reporters
to 'avoid binary gendered language'; $1.5 million dedicated to LGBT
advocacy in Jamaica; $4.5 million spent combating 'disinformation' in Kazakhstan; $2 million earmarked for sex changes in Guatemala.

'We're literally sending American taxpayer dollars to change people's
genders in foreign countries while our own veterans are sleeping on the streets,' Kennedy fumed. 'How does that make sense?'

Kennedy's voice dripped with sarcasm as he repeated each expenditure, punctuating the details with a rhetorical gut punch.

'I don't know what the hell binary gendered language is. I think I do.
But do you think most taxpayers would support that?', he asked.

But the real bombshells came when Kennedy detailed Musk's discovery of
U.S. taxpayer dollars allegedly finding their way into the pockets of terrorist-linked organizations.

$164 million in USAID funding was reportedly used to support radical organizations worldwide with $122 million of that sum allegedly going to
groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations.

Millions of dollars reportedly flowed to organizations in Gaza
controlled by Hamas, some of which, according to Kennedy, 'called for
their lands to be cleansed from the impurity of Jews.'

DOGE is headquartered in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in
Washington D.C. and appears to be working closely with or underneath the umbrella of the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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DOGE is headquartered in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in
Washington DC

USAID, an independent agency established by an act of Congress, manages
a budget of $42.8 billion meant for humanitarian relief and development assistance around the world
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USAID, an independent agency established by an act of Congress, manages
a budget of $42.8 billion meant for humanitarian relief and development assistance around the world

'USAID is a criminal organization,' Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla
and SpaceX who has become the president's most powerful backer, wrote on
his X platform without providing any evidence adding 'Time for it to die'.
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'USAID is a criminal organization,' Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla
and SpaceX who has become the president's most powerful backer, wrote on
his X platform without providing any evidence adding 'Time for it to die'.

Kennedy's frustration boiled over as he pointed out the glaring silence
from the other side of the aisle.

'Why aren't my colleagues talking about that?' he thundered. 'How can
you look the American people in the eye and support this kind of waste,
support this kind of spending porn?'

The Senator drew a sharp contrast between the Trump administration's
approach and what he said was the fiscal recklessness he attributed to
the Biden and Obama years.

'For twelve years, all I heard from President Obama and President Biden
was 'Who needs to pay more in taxes?' Kennedy said. 'Well, that's not
the issue today. We have a new president, and the real question now is:
What the hell happened to all the money?'

Kennedy's impassioned rebuke of past administrations didn't stop there.

He lambasted the $36 trillion national debt, calling it a betrayal of
the American people and a direct result of unchecked spending.

'You don't get to rack up 36 trillion in debt and then act shocked when
someone wants to take a look at the receipts,' Kennedy scoffed. 'That's
like setting your house on fire and complaining about the smoke.'

'It takes my breath away,' he said. 'Our debt's growing faster than our economy.'

He then walked the chamber through a staggering timeline of Biden-era
spending.

$1.9 trillion on the American Rescue Plan; $1.2 trillion on the
so-called Infrastructure Bill; $1 trillion on the Inflation Reduction
Act; $280 billion in corporate welfare for Big Tech through the CHIPS Act.

'And that's how we got $36 trillion in debt,' he said.

USAID funding supports HIV clinics in Africa - like the one pictured
above in South Africa
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Trump's order freezes aid to HIV clinics in Africa - like the one
pictured above in South Africa

The freeze also affects funds for Syrian refugees
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The freeze also affects funds for Syrian refugees

The Senator likened Musk's efforts to that of a wartime strategist
exposing the rot within Washington's bureaucracy even suggesting he
should expand his audit beyond USAID, proposing that 'he go through
every agency and look at everybody's budget.'

'We ought to be giving Mr. Musk a medal,' Kennedy declared. 'We ought to
be thanking him.

'But instead, what do we get? We get Democrats foaming at the mouth,
calling him dangerous, saying he's stealing Social Security numbers.
Give me a break!' Kennedy exclaimed.

'This is a guy who puts rockets into space for breakfast and builds cars
that drive themselves. I think he can handle a calculator.'

Yet, in Kennedy's eyes, the resistance to Musk's findings from Democrats
was not about process or legality, but about fear.

'They don't wanna talk about what he's found. They just wanna talk about
how mean he is,' he scoffed. 'Well, he is doing his job. And the
American people get it.'

Kennedy ended his fiery speech with a direct challenge to Congress to
bring Musk in to testify, expose every last dime of wasteful spending
and put an end to Washington's reckless spending spree.

'We need all the help we can get on reducing our spending because we
can't continue at this pace,' he warned.

'You don't want Musk looking at your budget? Then what the hell are you hiding?'

As Kennedy left the podium, his words reverberated beyond the chamber, spreading across social media, where supporters hailed his speech.

'The tax payer loves what is being done! Keep going!' praised one user.

'I'm so disgusted and yet so happy . I'm so happy about the big reveal
and yet so disgusted about the spending,' added another.

'That's our guy from here in Louisiana. Kennedy tells it like it is,'
tweeted a third.

'They are simply doing what they said they were going to do...' summed
up a fourth.

Musk retweeted the speech without comment.

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