Young Technological Young People behind Doge are a lightning bolt for critics, but also a youth magnet for GOP

Chicago -For those concerned about the access of the billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, to the sensitive government data, his troop of young people doing this work is a work Irregular threat for privacy. The view on the right is much different.

The influential voices in conservative politics describe the engineering crew, most being in the early 20s, as among the best minds in the world sent to save the US government from the bureaucratic balloon.

Comes at a time when young progressists criticized the Democratic Party for bordering it And as the party held on younger voters slipped, especially among young people. Republicans use contrasting images as a marketing strategy.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of the turning group, who organized efforts to participate in the voters for the Republicans, called “young prodigii” and “All-Stars” with IQs that “melt the graphs”

“This is a genus Z, the millennial takeover of the federal government,” Kirk said on his podcast on February 4. “And I always thought it was coming from the left. But this is geriatric, the type of medical care regime that pushed the country. Now, young weapons take over the country for the better. “

In the weeks of the time then Return of President Donald Trump to the White House, Department of Efficiency of the Musk governmentor dog, it was quickly crammed into federal agencies, government remodeling with Few discernible limits and confiscating Sensitive data for taxpayers.

Musk, the richest man in the worldHe called the Doge team “Some of the best software engineers in the world.” In a recent interview with the host from Fox News Channel, Sean Hannity, Trump praised Musk’s Doge staff as “very bright young people.”

“He attracts a young, very smart person,” Trump said about Musk. “I call them people with high IQ.”

Many of the Doge engineers who have been identified in the Mass -Media reports were linked to Musk companies and some billionaire Valley and the Musk Associate, Peter Thiel, according to Technology Wired magazine. One resigned and then has been re -employed quickly Against the backdrop of controversies regarding the deleted racist social posts since then. Wall Street Journal initially related to 25 -year -olds, Marko Elez, an account who posted “I was a racist before he was cool” and “normalizes Indian hatred.”

Kirk and other conservative podcasters celebrated the young engineers because they borrowed the Trump administration’s talents. The host of the podcast, Jen Horn, said “these children … literally live and breathe these numbers” before her co-host Katie Gorka said: “I often thought we would eventually be saved by these children “In February. 4 The edition of “happy women”.

The Secretary of Transport, Sean Duffy, was thrown with Hillary Clinton on Musk X’s social site on the actions of the Trump administration and the plan to help Doge help improve aviation safety.

“They have no relevant experience,” Clinton said in response to Duffy’s posting about getting help from Musk’s team. “Most of them are not old enough to rent a car.”

Duffy responded suddenly, saying, “We go further without you, because the American people want to make America’s transport system again. And yes, we bring 22 -year -olds with us. “

The altitude of the Musk engineers Republicans is a reflection of the way they managed to break away from young demographic in last year’s elections.

Trump’s Democratic opponent in 2024, vice -president Kamala Harris, won only among in a restricted way voters under 30nearly half supporting Trump, according to Ap votcastA survey conducted on more than 120,000 voters in elections. This has dropped considerably since 2020, when Democrat Joe Biden has won about 6 to 10 voters under 30 in a match against President Trump. Other age groups were also directed to Trump last year, but the swing of the youngest voters was the most dramatic.

For Alex Dwyer, the 28-year-old president of the Kansas Young Republican Federation, pursuing the young Doge crew was interesting after spending much of his adulthood, that young people were overlooking the job and to government.

“Doge shows that our talents and abilities are finally recognized as having value,” said the financial analyst based on Wichita. “… The party eventually woke up that if you want to call on young people, you must involve them in the party.”

Trump’s campaign was particularly effective in revealing young people like Dwyer who were concerned about the economy and were feeling decommissioned by the policies Women’s earnings And the so-called “culture wars,” said Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Institute for the Research of Public Religion and the author of the book “Gen Z. Politics”

Looking for the alternative average such as Right-wing podcasts And the social sites that offer a platform for far right opinions, the Trump campaign has met young men where they are. Deckman said that the Doge celebration on Social Media and Podcast is based on this strategy, repeating the message that young people are priority.

“Historically, you think that GOP is the party of the old white fuddy-duddy boys who do not pass the cane, and suddenly this cultural change is highlighting the contributions of young people,” she said. “In the meantime, when they were offered the chance to pass the flashlight, the Democrats were not very successful in doing so, and the young people are tired.”

Sunjay Muralitharan, the national president of the Democrats of the College in America, was skeptical that Doge, who called “an unconstitutional threat to American democracy”, would attract more young people to the Republican Party.

“Most young people can see through this pandering at the surface level,” he said. “The image of the richest man in the world that throws vital agencies speaks more here.”

There were also young people who had an impact on the Democratic Party including the weapon control activist David Hoggwho was appointed vice -president of the party in elections this monthand the democratic representation of Florida. Maxwell Frostthe youngest member of the US House.

“Democrats have a lot of young people in jobs,” said John della Volpe, the director of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. “They are not as good to tell us about it.”

He said that watching dog engineers has an impact on the real world can be an important signal for young people. This could continue to prevent democratic efforts to recruit a younger generation that had already put into question what the party offered for it.

“Republicans see a weakness in Democrats through young people and take advantage of it,” he said.

Basil Smikle, a democratic political strategist and professor at the Columbia University Professional School, said that many decommissioned young people can see Doge as proof that they can have power. He asked the Democratic leaders to get out of the way of young people and diversify their messengers.

“If not, the Republicans will return to the same play journal and beat us every time,” he said.

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