'People Are Really Angry': Fury Over Musk and DOGE Triggers Spike in Calls to Congress

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/david-badash/112913/people-are-really-angry-fury-over-musk-and-doge-triggers-spike-in-calls-to-congress

‘People Are Really Angry’: Fury Over Musk and DOGE Triggers Spike in Calls to Congress
by David Badash | February 8, 2025 - 7:00am

— from Alternet

Members of Congress say they are being flooded with calls from angry constituents about President Donald Trump’s Director of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, and what he is doing inside the federal government.

“Senators’ phone systems have been overloaded, lawmakers said, with some voters unable to get through to leave a message. The outpouring of complaints and confusion has put pressure on lawmakers to find out more about Musk’s project, heightening tensions between the billionaire tech mogul and the government,” The Washington Post reports.

Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska “said the Senate’s phones were receiving 1,600 calls each minute, compared with the usual 40 calls per minute. Many of the calls she’s been receiving are from people concerned about U.S. DOGE Service employees having broad access to government systems and sensitive information. The callers are asking whether their information is compromised and about why there isn’t more transparency about what is happening, she said.”

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“We can hardly answer the phones fast enough. It’s a combination of fear, confusion and heartbreak, because of the importance of some of these programs,” U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) told The Post, saying “he’s been hearing from constituents ‘constantly’ on DOGE and Musk.”

The surge of telephone calls appears to have been going on all week.

“Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices as people try to reach out and voice their opinions on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, executive orders and moves to dismantle various federal programs,” the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. “The influx of phone calls — which some in the Senate say are at unprecedented volumes — come as Trump and ally Elon Musk are working to shrink the federal government during the president’s first weeks in office. They are shuttering agencies, temporarily freezing funding and pushing workers to resign, all while staffers with Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency infiltrate departments in a stated effort to root out fraud and abuse.”

[Lovie777]

1. Sane people also know this travesty is a RW group effort...................

this includes shithole, he is the main instigator.

[Timeflyer]

2. Great! Flood their phones and emails with our outrage!

And don't stop until they do their jobs to protect our country, Repugs and Democrats. It's resistance we can do sitting down--no excuses.

[mwmisses4289]

3. It is vengeance and theft, using "rooting out fraud and abuse" as the excuse.

The Republicans have always seen taxpayer money as their own private piggy bank, and now they have let loose someone who will make the attempt to steal all that lovely moolah they have longed for.

[AZLD4Candidate]

12. That's been every CCP Chairman's playbook since Mao. Rooting out abuse and corruption.

It's nothing more than removing dissent. Agent Orange learned from the best. . .Mao, Stalin, Xi, and Kim.

[dalton99a]

14. +1

[Henry203]

4. I am calling republicans in GA

And informing them that Trump has no constitutional authority to freeze funding and that it has case law. Dumbshit people answering the phone are clueless.

[Boomerproud]

5. The only thing they care about is getting re elected.

Deny them.

[Scrivener7]

6. Ugh. No, WP, we don't want them to "find out more" about musk. We want them to STOP him.

[hay rick]

7. Hello "mailbox full."

[LiberalArkie]

8. Here in Arkanstan, I have not heard a peep. If anything is said it is "why did Biden kill all the chickens" and

thank god that President Trump is working to bring down the food prices.

That is literally it.

[LiberalLoner]

11. 😭

[Wifes husband]

19. Same in Peoples Republic of Florida

[Passages]

9. So much for his "mandate."

[BOSSHOG]

10. MAGAs want their country back

Trump shouldn’t be targeting them. They are patriots. Just ask them.

[Alice B.]

13. Keep. Going!

[leighbythesea2]

15. Calling every day

Was rotating my “cause” or concern. Now just call every day about Elon & his rats.

[mtngirl47]

16. Call them every day.

Every day. Let your congress critter and your 2 senators know that you are not having it!

Someone posted this link the other day and it is a great resource to help you make your calls.

https://5calls.org/

[BComplex]

17. Good resource! Thanks! But I don't just call MY senators and congresscritters. I call ALL of them, plus the president.

Just call your asses off!!! They need to know. Now that we have foreigners bot-calling the whole country, and since the money for their elections is coming from the entire world, if mofo russia has a say at every senator and congressional office, so the hell do I!

[AncientOfDays]

20. This is who we're up against

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/elon-musk-doge-team-staff

[lindalou65]

21. Keep calling your representatives!

I just left a message to my Representative (Melanie Stansbury) here in NM. So far, she is doing what I want to see and hear about. We have to keep it up!!