Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) mocked far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) new gig as “actually hilarious.”
Donald Trump acolyte Greene will chair a new House subcommittee that will work alongside billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s unofficial federal agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, which will seek to slash red rape and public spending.
Ocasio-Cortez explained on the Musk-owned X, the platform formerly called Twitter, why she believes the appointment “is good, actually.”
Greene “barely shows up and doesn’t do the reading,” the New York Democrat posted. “To borrow a phrase I saw elsewhere, it’s like giving someone an unplugged controller.”
In a second post, Ocasio-Cortez said she was “absolutely dying at those two now getting assigned the ‘privilege’ of ‘working’ with MTG.”
“That is actually hilarious,” she wrote. “Enjoy, fellas! Very prestigious post you have there.”
Other critics mocked the news on social media too:
Nov. 14, 2024Elon Musk says he wants ‘super high IQ’ workers for DOGENov. 21, 2024Marjorie Taylor Greene to chair new DOGE subcommitteeWhat an amazing time to be alive for late night talk show writers. 😅🤣😂
— (@kdhero.bsky.social)2024-11-21T21:20:15.115Z
I don’t know what Musk and Ramaswamy did to already be so on the outs with Trump, but apparently they’ll be working closely with Marjorie Taylor Greene in the DOGE agency. That’s the kind of punishment that only House Republicans should be forced to endure.
— P Korny (@nrokreffefp.bsky.social)2024-11-21T17:43:47.128Z