Mamdani launches ‘DOGE’ knockoff, ‘COGE’ — and conservatives can’t stop laughing
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Elon Musk and President Trump should be blushing.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — the democratic socialist who built his brand railing against billionaires, capitalism and pretty much every conservative idea under the sun — is now shamelessly borrowing from one of the Trump era’s most recognizable political brands: DOGE.
That’s right. The same left-wing crowd that spent months screeching about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is suddenly very into “government efficiency” now that they’ve slapped a new acronym on it.
Mamdani rolled out his latest bureaucratic brainchild Thursday: COGE, short for the “Commission on Government Efficiency.” Because apparently New York City Hall decided the best way to convince taxpayers it’s serious about waste is by copying the branding strategy of the people they spent years demonizing.
According to Mamdani, the commission will supposedly help the city “work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people.” In a post on X, he declared, “New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are.” Sure. And the MTA is about to start running on time.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — the democratic socialist who built his brand railing against billionaires, capitalism and pretty much every conservative idea under the sun — is now shamelessly borrowing from one of the Trump era’s most recognizable political brands: DOGE.
That’s right. The same left-wing crowd that spent months screeching about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is suddenly very into “government efficiency” now that they’ve slapped a new acronym on it.
Mamdani rolled out his latest bureaucratic brainchild Thursday: COGE, short for the “Commission on Government Efficiency.” Because apparently New York City Hall decided the best way to convince taxpayers it’s serious about waste is by copying the branding strategy of the people they spent years demonizing.
According to Mamdani, the commission will supposedly help the city “work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people.” In a post on X, he declared, “New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are.” Sure. And the MTA is about to start running on time.
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