Tony Romm
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148 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 8 May
Tony Romm’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think there have been times where people have blamed the administration for the cuts across government and the ways that that's affected their daily lives.
But there's also been times where I think people just blame what's happening on just the general mess of Washington.
And the result isn't that they see it as the work of one party or another, but just another chip away at their confidence in the work of government.
And so I think that's in many ways one of the lasting repercussions here.
It's just another instance where people look at Washington and think, this place isn't doing anything for me and I can't count on it for help when I'm in my greatest need.
And so in many ways, it really just distills how bad things have gotten here in the nation's capital and the real people who might be hurt in the process when the two parties can't talk to each other.
Thanks for having me.
Right, absolutely.
This is not just rhetorical.
This is an attempt to inflict real pain on the president's political enemies, in this case, Democrats.
And they have done this on a number of fronts.
They have taken steps to halt or cancel billions of dollars that the federal government had previously approved for cities and states and congressional districts led by Democratic leaders.
They have taken steps to fire thousands of federal workers who serve at agencies that the president, at least, believes to be, quote, Democrat agencies or on Democrat programs.
Yeah, it's a great question.
And I think the president has used this phrase, Democrat agencies or Democrat programs, as shorthand to describe kind of two different things.
The first is agencies and programs that largely track the areas that Democrats increased when President Joe Biden was in power, things like health and education and housing and research.
But I think second, more broadly, this White House sees the function of government as inherently democratic.
And they see the cuts to the work of government as bringing government more in line with their vision that, you know, Washington and the bureaucracy should have less of a role in people's lives and in the management of the economy.
Well, I think the best way to answer that question is maybe.
You know, as a general rule, Congress writes laws.
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