{"id":34441,"date":"2025-02-26T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/dem-rep-ripped-after-telling-musk-to-f-off-in-viral-clip-classy-as-ever\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:34:05","slug":"dem-rep-ripped-after-telling-musk-to-f-off-in-viral-clip-classy-as-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/dem-rep-ripped-after-telling-musk-to-f-off-in-viral-clip-classy-as-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem rep ripped after telling Musk to f&#8212; off in viral clip: &#8216;Classy as ever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett caused a social media firestorm after telling Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> to &#8220;f&#8212; off&#8221; in the latest example of her public opposition to the newly formed agency\u2019s push to cut government waste and spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;F&#8212; off,&#8221; Crockett told reporter Joe Gallina outside Capitol Hill on Tuesday when asked what she would tell Elon Musk if she could tell him anything.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett\u2019s reaction immediately drew blowback from conservatives on social media, who took issue with the liberal firebrand\u2019s tone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The face of the American left, ladies and gentlemen,&#8221;\u00a0conservative account Johnny MAGA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1894450715843608746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doge-bill-would-target-200b-annual-improper-payments-safety-nets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NEW DOGE BILL WOULD TARGET MORE THAN $200B IN ANNUAL IMPROPER PAYMENTS FROM SAFETY NETS, LAWMAKER SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Classy,&#8221; conservative commentator Benny Johnson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1894451693212897378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>posted on X<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jasmine Crocket = trash,&#8221; comedian Tim Young\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1894551289133924815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>posted on X<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/meet-far-left-groups-funding-anti-doge-protests-gop-offices-across-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MEET THE FAR-LEFT GROUPS FUNDING ANTI-DOGE PROTESTS AT GOP OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please make Jasmine Crockett the spokesperson of the Democrat Party,&#8221; former GOP congressional candidate Kathleen Anderson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KathleenforUtah\/status\/1894456884566053029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>posted on X<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Classy as ever\u2026,&#8221; Washington Examiner White House correspondent Paul Bedard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretsBedard\/status\/1894455180428509301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>posted on X<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats in Congress have been highly critical of Musk and DOGE, arguing that the billions in cuts the agency has announced are slashing important government resources and being done too quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DOGE is pretty cruel. Let&#8217;s be blunt about that,&#8221; Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/not-american-dem-governors-lash-out-elon-musks-cruel-doge-efforts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a> last week with other Democratic governors. &#8220;These are people in our states that have worked long careers, very dedicated servants, and they&#8217;re getting kicked out of their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/overwhelmingly-popular-elon-musk-touts-americans-doge-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent poll<\/a>, amplified by Musk on social media, suggests that a majority of the American people support DOGE&#8217;s mission.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll revealed a majority of Americans support reducing wasteful government spending. Most voters agree there should be a government agency dedicated to efficiency and that DOGE is helping to make major spending cuts, the nonprobability-based poll found.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett caused a social media firestorm after telling Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk to &#8220;f&#8212; off&#8221; in the latest example of her public opposition to the newly formed agency\u2019s push to cut government waste and spending.\u00a0 &#8220;F&#8212; off,&#8221; Crockett told reporter Joe Gallina outside Capitol Hill on Tuesday &#8230; <a title=\"Dem rep ripped after telling Musk to f&#8212; off in viral clip: &#8216;Classy as ever&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/dem-rep-ripped-after-telling-musk-to-f-off-in-viral-clip-classy-as-ever\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dem rep ripped after telling Musk to f&#8212; off in viral clip: &#8216;Classy as ever&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}