While Democrats and their media allies continue to cry and whine about Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency slashing government waste like never before, they seem to have forgotten that it's not a new concept.
According to Breitbart, a video resurfaced this week of former President Barack Obama announcing in a 2011 video that he had placed then-Vice President Joe Biden in charge of cutting government waste.
The video sparked mountains of mockery and comments.
Musk posted the video on his X account and noted that Obama's message at the time "sounds exactly like DOGE."
The video, which consists of Obama announcing an effort to cut government waste, quickly made the rounds across social media, especially the part where he says "nobody messes with Joe."
In his caption while reposting the video, Musk wrote, "Obama sounds exactly like DOGE!!"
Obama sounds exactly like @DOGE!! https://t.co/k92s04pJdY
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2025
In the video, Obama pointed to specific examples of what he believed was government waste, pointing out "folk music ensemble made up of forest rangers" and government buildings that were sitting vacant.
"They’re called the Fiddlin’ Foresters," Obama said in the video. "I’ll put their music on my iPod, but I’m not paying for their website — and there are hundreds of similar sites that we should consolidate or just get rid of."
He added, "By the way, you’re not only paying for websites no one needs. You’re paying for thousands of buildings all across the country no one uses. For the last decade, the government has owned a massive and completely empty warehouse in the middle of Brooklyn, for example."
Users across social media had a lot of fun commenting on Obama's 2011 video.
"Except they didn't really mean this Elon. It was a front. But you do mean it, thanks," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "It was an “Obama DOGE” type project where billions reported saved, but the oversight enhancements as we note today eventually made it worse. Obama Cleaned up corruption and later caused more corruption with the replacement oversight he installed…"
It's truly amazing to witness the hypocrisy unfold within the ranks of the Democratic Party when videos like this resurface.
