‘That’s Your Job, Not Musk’s Job!’ Red State Republican Faces Down Angry Constituents Demanding Proof of Fraud Found By DOGE

Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) faced down another hostile crowd of constituents on Thursday who were incensed at Elon Musk’s DOGE cutting through the federal government.

At a town hall in Wheatland, Wyoming, Hageman pointed to spending cuts when she was pressed to defend her work in Congress.

“And also DOGE will be going through their budget. And what we did with that money is we specified how it is to be spent. That’s why we’re talking about raises specifically for the enlisted men and women as an example,” Hageman told the restless crowd.

“But that’s your job, not Musk’s job!” someone shouted back.

“That’s what we did. That’s what we did. That’s what we did. So next question right over here,” Hageman replied speaking over the crowd.

“I have a specific question here, and just to give you a little reference, I am a retired military officer,” began an unidentified questioner, who told the crowd, “Don’t clap for me.”

“At 18, I rose my hand to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And at that time, well, I still am. I am still a Republican. I am, bless his heart, a Simpson Republican that believes in working together across the aisle. And my question, having looked at Musk’s DOGE, whatever the word, website, you are a lawyer. Where is this fraud? Who? What company? What company? What organization? What personnel? Are we going after?” asked the voter.

“I’ll just start reading some of it. I’ll just start reading it right now if you’d like me to. I’ll just focus on USAID spending right here,” replied Hageman.

“I didn’t say spending, I said actual fraud,” hit back the questioner.

“This is what it is. This is the spending associated with it,” Hageman insisted.

“This is what it is. This is the spending associated with the fraud. This is the fraud. Spending is the fraud,” Hageman added to boos.

“No, no, no!” replied the questions.

“Spending you don’t like,” yelled another audience member.

“No, no, no, no, no! When you go after specific companies or specific or specific personnel that are committing fraud,” pushed the original questioner.

“This is fraud. This is fraudulent spending,” Hageman insisted to more grumbling from the crowd.
“No, it may be abuse of spending, but it’s not fraud,” pushed back the questioner.

Well, what I said was waste, fraud, and abuse,” Hageman replied.

Earlier in the week, Hageman was booed during an event in Laramie. Republicans across the country have faced heated town hall events related to DOGE cuts and in some cases have been urged by their party leadership to stop hosting events.

“I get it that there are people here who dislike me, but there are also people here who want to hear what I have to say,” Hageman said to the clearly frustrated crowd.

Watch the clip above via C-SPAN.

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