Fox News host Harris Faulkner grilled former Democratic State Senator David Carlucci of New York Wednesday over his comments about President Donald Trump, asking if he was “rooting against” the United States.
Elected Democrats have criticized Trump’s decision to establish the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he tasked with hiring new federal employees, oversight into wasteful spending and the suspension of several programs. After Carlucci claimed Republicans would “crash” the country after “begging” to gain control of the government, Faulkner began to grill him.
“You’re not rooting for America not to win, are you?” Faulkner asked. “You’re not rooting against the country? Because that’s what it sounds like. Is that what you are doing?”
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“No, absolutely not! The best jab-” Carlucci said before Faulkner cut him off, saying, “But you want the leader that the majority just elected to fail.”
Trump signed multiple executive orders since taking office Jan. 20, including addressing illegal immigration, cutting regulations, ending the federal government’s involvement in diversity programs and energy production. Federal judges have blocked or delayed several Trump’s executive actions on birthright citizenship, barring biological male inmates from women’s prisons and his freeze on foreign aid programs.
“No! Absolutely not! I hope the president does well, but he has only done announcements,” Carlucci claimed. “There hasn’t been any actual result. There hasn’t been cost savings and his budget proposal that’s coming up will prove that. There might be tax cuts for the wealthiest but layoffs for Americans.”
Republicans in both chambers of Congress have put forth competing budgets proposals that aim to slash federal spending, with Trump endorsing the House proposal Wednesday. During his 2024 campaign for president, Trump ran on abolishing taxes on Social Security benefits, overtime and tips, while also seeking to make his 2017 tax cuts permanent.
“People on the left are pushing, saying no, no, no, we want to see the receipts of what is being done with DOGE for instance,” Faulkner responded. “Go to the border. Look at what the president has already done there. It has dwindled to a trickle which means illegals can’t get in.”
Illegal immigration has dropped 85% year-over-year in the first 11 days Trump was in office, according to a White House release.
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