Angry USAID Backers Turn on Democrats for Failing to Fight Back

Feb. 6, 2025, 12:25 AM UTC

Democratic lawmakers at a rally in Washington to defend USAID soon found themselves under attack for not mustering fierce-enough opposition to the Trump administration’s assault on the agency.

“Do your job! Do your job!” the crowd of hundreds chanted at the lawmakers addressing the gathering in a Capitol Hill park Wednesday.

Attendees expressed frustration that the lawmakers hadn’t done more to push back against the attempt by President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk to shut down the United States Agency for International Development — with billionaire Musk calling it a “criminal organization” that deserved to “die.”

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