Jasmine Crockett forces Trump-appointed official to admit DOGE cuts won't solve problems

Under questioning from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general appointed during President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, admitted that cuts planned by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would not help the United States Postal Service.

Crockett's questions came during a Tuesday House Oversight Committee hearing. The Texas Democrat first posed her query to Postal Service Inspector General Tammy Hull.

"There has been mention of DOGE and how that is going to come into play, and I'm curious to know, just yes or no, Inspector General Hull, quick question: have you found that if the post office was to cut its workforce by 75%, that that would somehow fix all of the problems within the post office?" Crockett asked.

"No, we've not done any work in that area like that," Hull said.

"Postmaster DeJoy, are you anticipating that a 75 percent cut in your workforce would solve all of the problems of the post office?" the lawmaker said, turning to the postmaster general.

"No," DeJoy admitted.

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"So it's interesting because my colleagues seem to be so excited because there's a new sheriff in town, and the co-sheriff of the DOGE committee, more specifically Mr. [Vivek] Ramaswamy, has actually proposed cutting 75% of our federal workforce to try to rein in some of the spending," Crockett noted.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said he supports a DOGE goal of cutting 75% of federal agencies.

Watch the video below from the House Oversight Committee.