The so-called backlash to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project on display at recent Republican town halls was actually astroturfed by left-wing organizations. The legacy media, naturally, jumped on the alleged backlash, with The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CBS News all reporting the protests as if they were organic opposition …
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The so-called backlash to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project on display at recent Republican town halls was actually astroturfed by left-wing organizations.
The legacy media, naturally, jumped on the alleged backlash, with The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CBS News all reporting the protests as if they were organic opposition to President Donald Trump’s attempt to reduce wasteful government spending. It turns out, however, that the protests were anything but organic, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon.