Robert Weissman and Lisa Gilbert sent a letter to Trump transition co-chairs Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon requesting to be appointed as members of DOGE.
The Ralph Nader-founded group has pushed for more regulations, greater government spending, and higher taxes.
Public Citizen released a statement attacking DOGE and outlining why America needed additional regulatory burdens, more federal spending, and a $52 trillion Green New Deal.
Public Citizen championed a Bernie Sanders-sponsored “Medicare for All” scheme that would increase U.S. healthcare spending by $2.4 trillion annually, according to RAND. It then applauded a California law that provided taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants.
Weissman said it was a “very good day for America” when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion Inflation Reduction Act boondoggle." He called the House’s adoption of the pork-filled $2.1 trillion Build Back Better Act “a great and momentous day for America.”
The shady Soros-funded group even celebrated the widely criticized Democrat plan which spent $80 billion to hire more IRS agents to harass conservative taxpayers.