{"id":2393257,"date":"2025-01-21T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-lankford-mocks-lawsuit-against-doge\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:46:39","slug":"james-lankford-mocks-lawsuit-against-doge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-lankford-mocks-lawsuit-against-doge\/","title":{"rendered":"James Lankford mocks lawsuit against DOGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-lankford-mocks-lawsuit-against-doge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content appears to be \u2064related to a website\u2063 interface, featuring a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-mayorkas-testifies-at-house-homeland-security-committee-hearing-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Mayorkas testifies at House Homeland Security Committee hearing - Washington Examiner\">expand additional information<\/a>, as well as \u200bvarious mobile navigation and search functions. 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However, many of those who are part of the &ldquo;lean team of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">small-government crusaders&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to work closely with the White House Office of Management and Budget, as President Donald Trump promised, are volunteers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ironic part is DOGE is trying to reduce paperwork, reduce the chaos and they are literally saying you are not filing enough paperwork. The issue with DOGE they completely missed. Doge is not a real department. It&rsquo;s an idea,&rdquo; Lankford explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> on Tuesday. It&rsquo;s an internal conversation within the White House. It&rsquo;s Elon Musk actually trying to be able to drive a messaging piece to say, if we are going to be better with our tax dollars waste less and spend less as well, then let&rsquo;s start this idea.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2765956&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1f7709e8b10f247961b692bfd328a0c9\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lankford said he&rsquo;d already met with Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy who at one point were going to head the voluntary group. The senator advised them on how to operate. Since their meeting, Ramaswamy bowed out of the group and is speculated to launch a gubernatorial campaign in Ohio soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump&nbsp;appointed his immigration advisor&nbsp;Stephen Miller&rsquo;s wife, Katie Miller, to DOGE in the weeks after the group was announced. 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