{"id":2399743,"date":"2025-02-06T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-comer-says-doge-critics-have-musk-derangement-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:50:19","slug":"james-comer-says-doge-critics-have-musk-derangement-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-comer-says-doge-critics-have-musk-derangement-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"James Comer says DOGE critics have &#8216;Musk Derangement Syndrome&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-comer-says-doge-critics-have-musk-derangement-syndrome%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=2399743&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>In a recent segment on Fox News, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) defended Elon \u2062Musk&#8217;s involvement\u200c with the Department\u2062 of Government \u200cEfficiency (DOGE), asserting that Musk represents what\u2062 the American public wants. Since \u2062taking a voluntary position with DOGE to promote a small-government approach, Musk has faced backlash from democratic lawmakers\u200c who view him as\u2064 an &#8220;unelected bureaucratic oligarch.&#8221; Comer criticized this outlook, pointing out the\u2063 irony of \u2062Democrats previously ignoring unelected \u200bofficials in \u2063government adn\u200b emphasized \u200cMusk&#8217;s transparency and communication\u200c via social media.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2062a House Oversight Committee hearing, Comer reiterated that musk&#8217;s innovative methods are disruptive\u2063 but necessary for progress in Washington. He argued against the accusations of Musk being &#8220;unelected&#8221; and \u200b&#8221;unaccountable,&#8221; claiming that innovation often entails chaos. He also introduced the term \u2064&#8221;Musk Derangement Syndrome,&#8221; likening it to \u2063the previously discussed &#8220;Trump Derangement \u2064Syndrome&#8221; that \u200che believes has affected Democratic \u2063lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s actions, including\u200d closing the\u2063 U.S. \u200cAgency for International Growth headquarters, \u2064have also raised concerns, particularly\u2064 regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-three-big-questions-that-lie-ahead-for-the-new-farm-bill\/\" title=\"What are the key questions for the new Farm Bill?\">potential government shutdowns<\/a>. However, a recent poll indicated that a majority of Americans \u200csupport freezing\u200d foreign assistance programs, aligning \u2062with Musk&#8217;s controversial stance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">James Comer chalks up DOGE criticism to &lsquo;Musk Derangement Syndrome&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1979240\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) continued to defend the Department of Government Efficiency head <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>, saying he is &ldquo;what the American people want.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It&rsquo;s been a little over two weeks since Musk began his volunteer position with DOGE to create a &ldquo;lean team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-to-know-about-doge-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... and Ramaswamy reveal top four things to know about ... - Washington Examiner\">small-government crusaders&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that works closely with the White House Office of Management and Budget, which has proven controversial. Democratic lawmakers have protested Musk&rsquo;s involvement in examining federal spending and called him an &ldquo;unelected bureaucratic oligarch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I find it ironic they keep referring to Elon Musk as an unelected bureaucrat &mdash; or whatever their terminology they are using &mdash; when they stood silent over the past four years when unelected bureaucrats have been running our country. They&rsquo;ve been operating their agencies without any oversight, without any accountability, and they&rsquo;ve been doing what they wanted to do,&rdquo; Comer said Thursday on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;I support what Elon Musk is doing. He&rsquo;s being very transparent with the American people. He&rsquo;s tweeting out multiple tweets per hour saying what his goals are. I think it is what the American people want.&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=2790754&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=0c264b670644b284abf77991b9dc7c92\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comer is fresh from defending Musk during a hearing of the House Oversight Committee, of which he is chairman. He tried explaining to his fellow committee members, who called out Musk for being &ldquo;unelected&rdquo; and &ldquo;unaccounted for,&rdquo; that innovation is &ldquo;necessarily disruptive and messy.&rdquo; According to the chairman, it is exactly &ldquo;what Washington needs right now.&rdquo; Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) joined in defending Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said this at the hearing yesterday: Trump derangement syndrome is a virus that the Democrats have had for four years. It appears that that virus has mutated into Musk Derangement Syndrome now,&rdquo; Comer said.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump named entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3309915\/vivek-ramaswamy-elected-office-right-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vivek&nbsp;Ramaswamy\">Vivek&nbsp;Ramaswamy<\/a>&nbsp;to be the volunteer head of DOGE with Musk. However, Ramamswamy&nbsp;has since 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>Musk shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development headquarters Monday. Hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gates-suggests-musk-doesnt-see-usaids-good-work\/\" title=\"Gates suggests ... doesn\u2019t see USAID&#039;s \u2018good work\u2019\">federal workers received word<\/a> to stay home, stoking fears of what agencies are facing shutdowns. <\/p>\n<p>However, when it comes to foreign aid, Musk is seemingly aligned with the majority of people. A <em>Reuters\/<\/em>Ipsos<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/majority-americans-oppose-domestic-spending-freeze-sought-by-trump-reutersipsos-2025-02-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Reuters\/Ipsos poll\"> poll<\/a> from earlier this week found that 56% of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">respondents supported freezing foreign assistance programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1979240\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1979240\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Comer attributes criticism of DOGE to &#8216;Musk Derangement Syndrome,&#8217; defending Elon Musk as what Americans desire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2399744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elon_Musk_bbv7.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,23466,32192,40726,49940],"class_list":["post-2399743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-elon-musk","tag-james-comer","tag-musk-derangement-syndrome"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Elon_Musk_bbv7.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399747,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399743\/revisions\/2399747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}