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Democrats grapple with going after ‘straw man’ Musk or Trump - Washington Examiner

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Democrats are increasingly concerned that Elon Musk is providing political cover for President Donald Trump .

Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency are undertaking unprecedented reforms to the federal government in an unorthodox, haphazard manner.

Some Democrats are anxious that there could be a political cost to concentrating on Musk at the expense of Trump and congressional Republicans before the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump called his Cabinet to the White House on Thursday , only a week after its first meeting last Wednesday .

The president said he wants Cabinet members to lead their respective DOGE reforms, not Musk.

A congressional Republican aide described their reforms as “easily, the most important oversight moment of the government since Watergate , without even a close second ”.

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