Democrats protest shutdown of USAID: “This is how dictators are made”

Democrats gathered outside the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday after Elon Musk announced earlier in the day that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed the agency should be shut down.

For more than six decades, the agency oversaw humanitarian aid, development and security programs in some 120 countries around the world.

Staffers have been told to stay out of the Washington headquarters and many have reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems.

“This is how dictators are made,” said Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of the decision to shutter the agency and layoff employees, adding that the executive branch doesn't have the power to close the agency.

“This is a killer in terms of their cutoff of the HIV and AIDS preemption. It’s a killer in terms of anti-malarial education. It’s a killer in terms of all of the efforts to shutdown global viruses,” added Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Musk, Trump and multiple Republican lawmakers have accused USAID of promoting liberal causes.

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