The pair traveled to California after reportedly trying to pressure a top government official to open the water pump

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26559092

Summary

DOGE staffers Tyler Hassen and Bryton Shang tried pressuring the Bureau of Reclamation to open a California water pump to aid Los Angeles during January’s wildfires, though the system couldn’t reach the city.

When denied, they flew there to do it themselves but failed due to maintenance and access restrictions.

Critics called DOGE a “slapstick operation of 20-somethings they’re seeing as whiz kids but have zero knowledge.”

Trump later ordered dam releases, flooding farmland. Critics called DOGE’s actions reckless and uninformed.

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    16 hours ago

    And yet every single one of those farms probably still has a sign out front blaming Democrats for the drought.