Begala, who appeared on CNN alongside Republican strategist Brad Todd, said earlier in the segment that he agreed with DOGE’s mission to cut federal spending, but not the way Musk team is going about it.
The former adviser said that the Clinton administration reduced the federal workforce by passing the Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 in the Senate, which he said resulted in the lowest headcount of “any president since Eisenhower.”.
An unidentified federal worker claimed at a recent town hall meeting in Leesburg, Virginia that seasoned federal workers have been forced to justify their jobs in 15- minute sessions with “19-, 20- and 21-year-old” Doge staffers with little or no work experience of their own.
“I have a pro tip for President Trump: If you want to reduce the federal workforce, maybe a good idea, try going the constitutional route,” Begala said.
Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old high school grad, college dropout and DOGE worker known online as “Big Balls,” is now listed as a senior adviser at the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Technology.
