Republicans OK With Trump Acting Like A King — As Long As He Does What They Like
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"If you're upset by that, call someone who cares," Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said of efforts to shutter the agency in charge of humanitarian assistance abroad.
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s extraordinary and unprecedented move to unilaterally shutter a federal agency without congressional approval drew little pushback from Republicans on Capitol Hill who’ve spent years complaining about executive overreach and infringements on their power of the purse.
“My attitude is, if you’re upset by that, call someone who cares,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told reporters on Monday. “Because that’s why we’re elected ― to review all the spending.”
Over the weekend, agents of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is led by billionaire Elon Musk, effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, locking its employees out of their computers, barring them from their offices and halting its work delivering humanitarian assistance abroad. The Tesla CEO then accused the agency of being a “criminal organization” that should “die.”
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Republican proponent of USAID’s mission during his time serving the Senate, also announced on Monday he is taking over as acting director of USAID to overhaul its funding and operations. The agency, he said, would be consolidated under the State Department with the consultation of Congress.
Democratic lawmakers and legal experts warned the Trump administration has no authority to dissolve or consolidate the USAID, an independent government agency. They said that such efforts are unconstitutional and are likely to face challenges in court.
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