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A backbencher in Ohio’s Republican congressional delegation sounded off on President Donald Trump and his cost-cutting measures during a meeting with local business leaders, causing conservatives online to accuse him of betrayal.
Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH), who has served in the U.S. House since winning his first election in 2018, described President Trump’s litany of executive orders as “getting out of control” during a Westerville Area Chamber business luncheon. He couched his remarks in terms of constitutional authority, saying only Congress has the power of the pursestrings.
“Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away,” Balderson asserted, according to the Columbus Dispatch. “Not the president, not Elon Musk. Congress decides.”
Balderson said while he respects and shares the desire by Trump and Elon Musk to audit federal agencies and root out waste, he doesn’t believe every order has been lawful. “Congress has to do their work,” he told the business group…
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