A supposed whistleblower who warned about cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development has donated to 23 Democratic candidates, Breitbart reported. Nick Enrich, acting assistant administrator at USAID Global Health, was placed on leave Sunday for publicly criticizing the Department of Government Efficiency and others.
President Donald Trump has entrusted Tesla billionaire Elon Musk with heading up DOGE's efforts to streamline the bloated government, which has outraged the left. Enrich slammed Trump Musk, and the State Department over those efforts in a memo Friday.
Enrich alleges that DOGE has imposed "intentional and or/unintentional obstacles" to funding what he considers crucial programs. He warned the cuts would "undermine U.S. leadership, weaken global stability, and increase long-term costs" in his memo.
"The number of deaths attributable to the loss of USAID funding and support is not known at this time," claimed Enrich. However, it's difficult to heed his warning when Enrich appears unapologetically partisan.
While Enrich is being lionized as a valiant civil servant blowing the whistle on Trump's recklessness, it's clear that he's just regurgitating the Democratic talking points. Since 2019, Enrick has made a total of $400 to ActBlue, which raises money for Democratic candidates.
He has funneled those donations to Democrats in the 2020 presidential primary, including Elizabeth Warren and then Joe Biden. Enrich also supported Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and others in Congress.
While his donations were small, it's significant that Enrich intended them all for radical Democrats. He did this while raking in a $171,000 annual salary as a USAID Program Manager, outpacing the national average by 80.2% for those working for the government.
Despite this clear motivation, both as a Democratic donor and as the recipient of wasteful government spending, Democrats are praising Enrich for coming forward. They have glommed onto his message to smear Trump as callous and uncaring to those who receive foreign aid.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) jumped at the chance to claim that withdrawing foreign aid was one of their "worst fears" and predicted "deaths" because of it. "These new details confirm our worst fears: the illegal and systematic dismantling of USAID will cause real suffering and deaths that are entirely preventable," Schatz claimed.
The fake outrage and handwringing from Enrich and the Democrats don't change the fact that DOGE's mission has already saved the American taxpayer. The Trump administration gutted USAID and subsequently saved $60 billion that was previously squandered under the guise of foreign aid.
With a blessing from Trump, Musk and his organization have rooted out waste in even the most vital government sectors, including the Department of Defense. According to Fox News, the DOD could save $80 million by cutting waste in many areas, including diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Sean Parnell, the agency's spokesperson, championed DOGE for cutting the waste after it found ridiculous studies in the name of DEI. "This stuff is just not a core function of our military," Parnell said.
"This is not what we do. This stuff is a distraction from our core mission. We believe these initial findings will probably save $80 million in wasteful spending," the spokesman added.
The left is disingenuous about the role people like Enrich play in these controversies, and it vindicates Trump's assertion that these attacks are all partisan. Enrich is someone who doesn't support Trump, but they're using his memo and subsequent dismissal to fuel their neverending narrative against the president and his administration's effort to stop the financial bleeding.
