That’s one of the anti-Musk “exhibits” displayed by Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM). Yes, she’s an Incompetent Elected Official. (I can’t wait for her to scream “Those budget figured don’t add up!”) Yes, she’s an embarrassment. Yes, she’s an idiot. [Special thanks to long, LONG-time commenter Neil Dorr, who informed me who the math genius was.]
Before I proceed, HIT IT, L’il Abner and Marryin’ Sam!
Rueful observations…
1 And they wonder why American trust in our government institutions is falling…
2. If Democrats can’t find a legitimate poll to justify their positions, they just make one up. That is proof right there…
3. Even if that chart were not completely incompetent, dishonest and absurd, how is a poll on what DOGE is doing and has done relevant to anything? All it shows is that the public’s inattentive and gullible consumption of partisan propaganda from news organizations causes it to believe one thing or another. A poll has no bearing on whether a government program or action is wise, effective or necessary.
4. Consider how many government employees had to be lazy, ignorant or stupid (or all three) for that chart to get into the hearing and on TV. We begin with the Congresswoman, of course, then all of her staff and the drones who made the chart.
5. As usual, this is one more indictment of the public school system.
6. The Democrats are doing their damnedest to snatch away the GOP’s longtime title as “The Stupid Party.”
7. The social media wags are having a ball with this one. Example: “I agree with that poll 110%!”
8. Democracy Dies in Cretinism.
Ethics Alarms 
The only real question I have is whether that extra 10% is from manufactured votes, illegal aliens voting, people voting twice, or a combination of all three.
Maybe this Democrat was from Milwaukee County?
Exactly. This is how they count any data they consider to be in their favor.
It’s just new math, as practiced by all students who were out of school for the durati
New handle???
Jack,
Her name is Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and she quoted from this: https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3924 after clearly misunderstanding the numbers in play. Trump has a 38% approval rating overall, with 67% of declared Republicans supporting him. I haven’t figured out where the phantom 5% number came from, perhaps an intern did their math wrong and thought they needed an undecided sect, or they quoted from one of the dozens of statistics below. There was a mention of 5% in relation to RFK Jr, but nothing on DOGE or Musl.
That figures; she was THE ONE WHO HELD UP “This is not normal” during the SOTU. And of course, that 38% approval rating is dubious too. No matter how one explains it, she’s ultimately responsible, and it’s an embarrassment. Thanks, ND: I’ll add her name.
Elon worked hard – he gave it 110%.
Considering what Congress refers to as a “spending cut” (spending more than they did the year before but less than what they had originally intended at the start of the budget process), I’m sure this poll originally added up to 140% before they corrected it.
–Dwayne