‘Hurting people to help themselves’: Dem senator disses DOGE’s CFPB cuts

Sen.TimKainespeakswithFoxNewsDigitalaftermeetingwithConsumerFinancialProtectionBureauemployeeswhowereimpactedbyElonMusk’sDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)federalworkforcereductions.(Credit:NicholasBallasy) Sen.TimKaine,D-Va.,metwithConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau(CFPB)employeesonFridaywhowerefiredasaresultofElonMusk’sDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)federalworkforcereductions.  CFPBhasprovidedover$21billioninconsumerrelief,accordingtotheagency’slatestdatafromDec.3.2024.KaineaccusedMuskoftargetingtheCFPBwithDOGEcutsforhisowngain.  “ThefactthattheTrumpadministrationwouldtargettheseguysatthefrontendofachainsawmassacre…Whyareyougoingaftertheseconsumerprotectionadvocates?Itsmellsreallybad.Imean,itmakesitseemlikeithappenedbecauseMuskhassomeparticularinterestinguttingtheseregulatorswhoareprotectingeverydayfolks.” InaninterviewwithFoxNewsDigitalfollowinghismeetingwit