Patricia Murphy: Which swamp is Trump draining with Georgia layoffs and cuts?
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) When President Donald Trump was campaigning for president, he routinely promised he would “drain the swamp,” abolish the “Deep State,” and ask billionaire Elon Musk to do a “performance audit” of federal agencies in Washington.
“We’re going to cast out the corrupt political class. We’re going to restore our republic,” Trump promised at one rally. “We are going to drain the swamp, and we’re going to do it once and for all.” Altogether, it was an enticing proposition for voters exhausted of all things Washington.
But what if Trump had promised something else instead on the campaign trail? Something like: “When I’m elected, I will end the program that’s putting math teachers in high-poverty schools from Macon to Tifton to Albany, Georgia! Then, I’ll fire the people at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who just told you there was lead in your child’s applesauce! And when I’m done with that, we will make sure the Department of Veterans Affairs in Atlanta has fewer employees than the day I take office!”
That’s the promise Trump should have made, because that’s what he’s delivered in Georgia so far.
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