OPINION:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren responded to President Trump’s campaign against government waste and corruption and Elon Musk’s recent DOGE revelations by saying this administration is sending the nation to “the edge of a constitutional crisis” and must be stopped.
She’s everything Americans voted against this past November.
If Democrats think they can win the voters, or even win the public relations battle that constantly plays in the political world, on a message of cost-cutting as corrupt — well then, they’re more out of step with the American public than they were in November when their party lost power. And they didn’t just lose a little. They lost big.
A few months later, and it’s clear: Democrats haven’t learned a thing. They’ve only dug in deeper to protect the very things that voters resoundingly rejected. And curiously, interestingly, laughably enough, they’re digging deep all the while shouting from the pit: It’s the Constitution! It’s a crisis! It’s a constitutional crisis! — as if they’ve ever read, never mind applied, the principles of the U.S. Constitution while serving in political office.
“We’ve got our toes right on the edge of a constitutional crisis here,” Warren said, on “The Rachel Maddox Show” on MSNBC, The Hill reported. “But here’s the thing: It may be the case that Donald Trump is so full of confidence that he thinks he can wave his wand, and whatever he wants to happen will happen. And in many cases, he will be right.”
But “the courts,” she said, will put a stop to it all.
“My view right now is the courts are where we are hanging on to our constitutional structure,” Warren said.
Why do Constitution-crushing Democrats always talk about the need to preserve the Constitution when they see Republicans push forward with conservative agendas?
Trump campaigned on a vow to break up the corruption. He told voters he’d cut costs by cutting waste. He named Musk early on as a solid force to identify and yes, cut waste. He realized several promises already in his few days in the White House to slow government spending, stop wasteful government spending and serve the taxpayers well by controlling the concealed and sneaky ways the government spends money.
“We are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis,” said Sen. Andy Kim on “Meet the Press” on NBC just recently.
“We really do have a constitutional crisis,” said Sen. Cory Booker, on MSNBC News just recently.
It’s not a constitutional crisis to put a stop to corrupt government spending.
It’s a constitutional crisis when corrupt government officials spend taxpayer dollars needlessly, wastefully and secretly, for undisclosed or hidden reasons; for personal agendas; for pay-to-play schemes; for influence peddling; for cronyism and nepotism and more.
There’s a reason members of Congress are millionaires, whereas in their private lives they were not.
If Democrats were to get on board with what should be a unifying, common sense and pro-America campaign to root out waste and corrupt spending, then perhaps in the coming elections voters might return to their side and support their elections.
Calling “constitutional crisis” on matters that are completely constitutional and necessary — on matters that are aimed at stopping corruption — is not a winning message.
It’s not even a message that makes logical sense.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley. Listen to her podcast “Bold and Blunt” by clicking HERE. And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by clicking HERE. Her latest book, “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths,” is available by clicking HERE.
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