Fetterman blasts Musk over DOGE, IRS

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk over a report that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been trying to access an IRS system.

“I want to save billions of your money and make our government more efficient. Rummaging through your personal s‑‑‑ is *not* that. A party of chaos loses—always,” Fetterman said Monday in a post on the social platform X.

His post featured a screenshot of a Politico headline from a report on DOGE’s attempts to access the IRS’s Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS). A White House official confirmed to Politico the IDRS access effort by DOGE.

DOGE, which Musk leads, has started accounts on X for the IRS and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) looking for “insights on finding and fixing waste, fraud and abuse” at both agencies. On Monday, Musk reposted messages from both accounts.

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[Lovie777]

1. Your approval from shithole..

Courtesy of shithole.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Getting whiplash

Is Fetterman straddling both sides to boost his creds and then diss Musk? Or just reversing course because the left made noise.

It's hard to read these guys sometimes.

[JohnSJ]

4. I think Fetterman is what he always was, a libertarian. I am not sure why so many painted him as a liberal.

[LymphocyteLover]

7. I thought he was more of a populist

[JohnSJ]

10. I think he could be viewed that way also.

[sdfernando]

5. Its going to take a lot more than one instance...

...in fact, it may not matter what fetterman does....He voted for bondi and that is huge damage right there...not to mention his ass-kissing of the orange jaba the hut...and that is one BIG ass!

[ms liberty]

3. Sounds like he's finally heard his constituents

[AKwannabe]

6. Is Fetterman bipolar?

Cuz just last week he said we did t have a constitutional crisis…!???…?.?.?.?.

Musta got his ass/face ate by his constituency.

Carry on, “man”!

[Autumn]

8. Bless his heart. He shouldn't be concerned. It will be time to confirm Patel so

he'll feel better soon.

[Paladin]

9. The sooner Fetterman is off the public stage, the better. (nt)

[lees1975]

11. Hard to take seriously, after going hat in hand to Mar-a-Lago.

Sorry. I expect way more than this.

[berksdem]

12. As a Pennsylvanian....

I would like to say Fuck you Senator!