Calling the DOGE shitshow ruining people’s lives capriciously “exciting,” “exhilarating,” and “the greatest thing that’s happened since I’ve been in Congress,” in an interview with the Associated Press, National Republican Campaign Committee chair Congressman Richard Hudson was then asked “Do you feel any blowback back home from people losing their jobs, cuts to veterans?”

Hudosn’s answer: “(Musk) did say that the the the firings at the VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) were a mistake done by that agency, by the VA. He said mistakes were made by bureaucrats.”

It gets even better. Asked “what’s your message to the fired federal workers, what do you say to them?” Hudson: “Hang tight.” AP: “What does that mean?” Hudson: “I mean there may be some mistakes that are being corrected.” AP: “Do you think that will be an OK message for other GOP lawmakers to use?” (Keep in mind Hudson is responsible for defending and expanding the House Republican majority. He was in charge last year when it shrank by two seats). Hudson: “The American people are sick of the swamp. They’re sick of waste, fraud and abuse. For the first time. ever, we finally have the tools to affect it. So I think the voters are going to reward us.”

Hudson closed out the interview by boasting that Democrats eyeing a 2026 wave are “digging their own grave politically. We’re on the side of the angels. We’re doing what the American people asked us to do, what 77 million people voted for Donald Trump to get. We’re going to pick up seats.”

Not sure what to add here. It’s one thing to project confidence when things are obviously starting to go south for one’s team, it’s another to project hubris a minute after feigning sympathy for those fucked over needlessly but then saying it was also “exhilarating.” Also pretty telling that Hudson did not go into any detail about asking Musk to overrule these nameless “bureaucrats” at the VA.