Marjorie Taylor Greene Plays Video Of Obama Calling To Cut Billions Of Dollars In Federal Spending

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At her town hall event in Cobb County, Georgia, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) played a video of former President Obama to promote DOGE's efforts to cut government spending.

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00:00Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that

00:17includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about.

00:22But what should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending that

00:27doesn't benefit anybody – waste we should be getting rid of even if we didn't have

00:31a deficit.

00:32Sure, some of these cuts aren't that big, but no amount of waste is acceptable – not

00:37when it's your money, not at a time when so many Americans are already cutting back.

00:41Just as families are living within their means, government should too.

00:45Did you know the federal government pays for a website devoted to a folk music ensemble

00:50made up of forest rangers?

00:52They're called the Fiddlin' Foresters.

00:57Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that

01:25includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about.

01:30But what should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending that doesn't

01:35benefit anybody – waste we should be getting rid of even if we didn't have a deficit.

01:40Sure, some of these cuts aren't that big, but no amount of waste is acceptable – not

01:46when it's your money, not at a time when so many Americans are already cutting back.

01:49Just as families are living within their means, government should too.

01:53Did you know the federal government pays for a website devoted to a folk music ensemble

01:58made up of forest rangers?

02:00They're called the Fiddlin' Foresters.

02:03I'll put their music on my iPod, but I'm not paying for their website.

02:08And there are hundreds of similar sites that we should consolidate or just get rid of.

02:13By the way, you're not only paying for websites no one needs.

02:16You're paying for thousands of buildings all across the country no one uses.

02:20For the last decade, the government's owned a massive…

02:38Ladies and gentlemen, all of us together, no matter where we stand on the political spectrum,

02:54together we are in debt at $36 trillion.

02:59$36 trillion is no laughing matter.

03:02This is something that should pull all of us together as Americans,

03:06because Americans have been defrauded for decades.

03:11And that's a crime against you, the American people, that has been committed against you by our government.

03:18And this is not anything to protest against.

03:21This isn't anything to be angry about.

03:24But stopping your money from being stolen by criminals all around the world.

03:29Being…

03:30Think about this.

03:31Dead people, social security numbers being used to get your money.

03:36This is something that we should all fight against.

03:39And I think it's extremely important.

03:41I'm proud to say that as chair of the…

03:43I'm proud to say that as chair of the…

03:44I'm proud to say that as chair of the…

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