Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) praises the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, in its efforts to audit for waste, fraud, and abuse within the government. Lee argues that DOGE challenges the 'Deep State' and its resistance to accountability, noting legal challenges from Democrats aimed at hindering the audits.
The work of the Department of Government Efficiency is “absolutely essential to our ability to reclaim the government,” Sen. Mike Lee said during an appearance on “The Alex Marlow Show.”
“It has been kidnapped by the Deep State, and DOGE is coming in there. And for the first time in many, many decades, probably the first time in my lifetime anything like this has happened, you’ve got some experts who have been passed by the sitting President of the United States to weed out areas of waste, fraud and abuse,” Lee told Marlow, noting that everyone campaigns on that because it sounds good.
“The Deep State doesn’t want to be tamed. It’s almost as if it’s an organic living thing that wants to protect its own life,” the senator observed. “And in the meantime, they’ve had litigation brought. You’ve got this judge in New York, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer just forbade all political appointees, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from accessing Department of Treasury data,” Lee said.
Lee emphasized that he believes DOGE’s actions are legal, predicting that this particular stage of delay will not last.
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