Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) recently gave an interview with Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham, explaining how President Donald Trump has driven Democrats into a frenzy after he threatened the “liberal supply chain.” Appearing on the “Ingraham Angle,” Hawley weighed in on recent events such as the closure of USAID, claiming the left’s “power base” is being exposed.
Broaching the topic, Ingraham pointed out how Democrats have been driven into a state of panic by the Trump administration, “Senator, it is amazing that whether you call it turning over the rocks and seeing the creepy crawling things scatter or just sunlight the best disinfectant in Washington,” the host said. “Man, they’re panicking in the Democrat Party over this.”
“They’re panicking big time, Laura, because their power base is being threatened,” Hawley responded. The Missouri Republican then claimed that Democrats have used the federal government, such as in the case of USAID, as an instrument of their agenda. Now that the Trump administration is moving to drastically downsize the government through DOGE, one of the left’s critical sources of power is under attack.
He continued, “That’s what’s really going on here. I mean, look at what they’re doing over USAID. This is because they’ve used that as their personal plaything, and that includes billions and billions of taxpayer dollars that have gone, yes, to fund outrageous stuff overseas, like trans-affirming projects in Zimbabwe or whatever.”
Hawley also claimed that various mainstream media outlets are funded by federal tax dollars, with no accountability. “But also, let’s not forget to fund their preferred media outlets like Politico and who knows what other Left-wing rags have been getting money. Federal government money from this agency, and there’s been no accountability,” he continued.
He concluded, “So yes, what’s happening is Trump is exposing all of this. He is cutting off the liberal supply chains, as it were, and the liberals are just losing their minds. They’re totally losing their minds. We need more of it. You mentioned the IRS. I love it. I love Trump’s idea to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service. Let’s make it the External Revenue Service. Let’s start making these agencies work for the American people.”
Hawley tweeted a clip from the interview of his X account, writing, “Democrats are melting down because their power base is being threatened. They’ve used USAID as their personal play thing to fund pro-trans propaganda abroad and their preferred media outlets at home.” Cheering on the Trump administration, he added, “Trump is exposing ALL of it. We need more.”
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One user in the comments section of Hawley’s post pointed out several ways in which the Trump administration could make the federal government work for struggling Americans. “The duplicitousness of this Dept. & theft of taxpayer monies facilitated through the USAID slush fund is outrageous. Especially so, when we have everyday Americans, including US Vets, homeless, hungry and struggling. Now, more than ever, we need an engaged populace to hold every last thieving politician, smug consultant and lying journalist held accountable,” they said.
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