Dozen of protesters gathered outside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) office in Georgia to criticize cuts by the Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
According to local ABC affiliate News Channel 9, protesters holding signs that read “Tax the billionaires!” and “Depraved Oligarch Grabs Everything,” said they are concerned about cuts to Medicaid and Social Security.
“I would not probably be ever able to go into a nursing home, because I don’t have any savings and I don’t have any children to live with,” one resident said.
Others say they are upset about the treatment of veterans by the Trump administration.
“I’m out here today because my son is a disabled combat Marine who served in Iraq,” another resident said. “He is in jeopardy of losing his benefits and becoming homeless.”
In a statement Greene’s office dismissed the protesters as “Democrat activists do not represent the nearly 800,000 residents of Northwest Georgia.”
“Their signs, painted in Ukrainian colors, are full of lies,” Greene’s office continued. “President Trump and Congresswoman Greene have said over and over they will protect Medicare and Social Security for Americans who have earned it—not for illegal aliens or fraudsters who don’t deserve it. DOGE is focused on exposing the waste, fraud, and abuse in these programs, and that’s exactly what Congresswoman Greene is doing as Chairwoman of the DOGE Committee in Congress.”
However, despite Greene’s insistence that she will protect Medicare and Social Security, she supported a budget blueprint adopted by House Republicans earlier month that ordered the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid funding, to cut $880 billion in a bill to advance Trump’s agenda, NBC News reports.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Republicans cannot pass Trump’s agenda or meet their own budget target without making significant cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP.
