MSNBC analyst suggests that DOGE spending cuts are racist because the president used to be black

MSNBC analyst and Columbia professor Basil Smikle suggested that cuts that the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are racist during a segment from Wednesday, citing that they are attacking a government that used to be headed by a black man. 

Smikle, who regularly contributes at the left-wing outlet, told others on the panel about DOGE, "There are people who are charged with trying to find savings. So yes, it’s an attack on government, but it’s also an attack on this government. What I mean by that is it’s an attack on this government that used to be headed by a black man.
 

Columbia University Professor Basil Smikle says that DOGE cuts are “an attack this government that used to headed by a black man. It’s an attack on this government that almost elected a black woman to the highest office in the land…”

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