Mara Gay: It’s ‘Our Job’ to Explain to Americans How Bad It Is to Cut Waste & Fraud

LEMIRE And Mara I ░░░░░░░░ it is the tech ░░░░░░░░ has been to sort ░░░░░░░░ move fast break things ░░░░░░░░ if you have to ░░░░░░░░ go back and you ░░░░░░░░ to repair it afterwards ░░░░░░░░ this is very different ░░░░░░░░ scope of this the ░░░░░░░░ government these are people ░░░░░░░░ lives And these are ░░░░░░░░ key services and government ░░░░░░░░ that impact everyone whether ░░░░░░░░ live in a red ░░░░░░░░ or a blue state ░░░░░░░░ it s certainly there ░░░░░░░░ a rising sense from ░░░░░░░░ and everyday citizens that ░░░░░░░░ Musk and the team ░░░░░░░░ doing in no way ░░░░░░░░ this making the country ░░░░░░░░ GAY Well first of ░░░░░░░░ there is a pretty ░░░░░░░░ legal case that Elon ░░░░░░░░ shouldn t even have ░░░░░░░░ to be carrying out ░░░░░░░░ purge that he is ░░░░░░░░ secondly I would say ░░░░░░░░ we have zero transparency ░░░░░░░░ into how this is ░░░░░░░░ done Really I think ░░░░░░░░ message that the American ░░░░░░░░ need to be hearing ░░░░░░░░ is that all of ░░░░░░░░ is being done this ░░░░░░░░ and burning to essentially ░░░░░░░░ the country for Donald ░░░░░░░░ s tax cuts to ░░░░░░░░ wealthy And there s ░░░░░░░░ be a way to ░░░░░░░░ for that and what ░░░░░░░░ gonna happen is that ░░░░░░░░ Americans in their everyday ░░░░░░░░ are paying for it ░░░░░░░░ We re seeing it ░░░░░░░░ government services that are ░░░░░░░░ to suffer already We ░░░░░░░░ been seeing that the ░░░░░░░░ is really not up ░░░░░░░░ the mark at the ░░░░░░░░ they re being gutted ░░░░░░░░ Medicare every part of ░░░░░░░░ government that touches Americans ░░░░░░░░ is about to be ░░░░░░░░ and it s not ░░░░░░░░ yet that there s ░░░░░░░░ broad realization of this ░░░░░░░░ of Washington D C ░░░░░░░░ it s coming And ░░░░░░░░ think that s one ░░░░░░░░ the questions that I ░░░░░░░░ just as a journalist ░░░░░░░░ now is do everyday ░░░░░░░░ in the rest of ░░░░░░░░ country understand that this ░░░░░░░░ going to impact their ░░░░░░░░ in ways that can ░░░░░░░░ even imagine yet That ░░░░░░░░ part of our job ░░░░░░░░ to explain that this ░░░░░░░░ not just about out ░░░░░░░░ workers in Washington This ░░░░░░░░ about the IRS This ░░░░░░░░ about people s tax ░░░░░░░░ This is about people ░░░░░░░░ Social Security Nothing is ░░░░░░░░ right now and the ░░░░░░░░ is not being remade ░░░░░░░░ be efficient This is ░░░░░░░░ effort to destroy it ░░░░░░░░ I think that is ░░░░░░░░ core message that Democrats ░░░░░░░░ to be explaining every ░░░░░░░░ in great detail This ░░░░░░░░ not an effort to ░░░░░░░░ things more efficient Every ░░░░░░░░ understands there s ways ░░░░░░░░ make government more efficient ░░░░░░░░ is against that But ░░░░░░░░ is not an effort ░░░░░░░░ do that This is ░░░░░░░░ effort to destroy the ░░░░░░░░ so that it s ░░░░░░░░ for oligarchs in the ░░░░░░░░ Foundation to do whatever ░░░░░░░░ wish.”