Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at her town hall session in Cobb County, Georgia, on Tuesday that DOGE-like groups that “reduce waste, fraud, and abuse” should be “in every part of government.”
“Absolutely,” said Greene, who is also the chairwoman of the House DOGE Subcommittee, in response to an on-screen question about whether she could see a role for DOGE-like offices at the state level.
“I think it is happening in Georgia — I’ve heard there are over 70 counties that have, that are creating DOGE groups,” Greene added.
There have been efforts to bring DOGE-like offices to state and local government. The campaigns also often come with names like Wisconsin’s GOAT committee, Florida’s FLOGE, and the BullDOGEr in North Carolina.
Georgia’s proposed version, the Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025, sponsored entirely by Republican state senators, would require state agencies to complete a top-to-bottom review of all rules and regulations every four years and look into the economic impact of all proposed rules.
As of March 19, the legislation moved out of committee in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Greene, currently representing Georgia District 14, went ahead with the Tuesday town hall in a Harris-won county despite House Speaker Mike Johnson urging Republican lawmakers to stop conducting in-person town halls as the GOP faces angry crowds.
The town hall at the Acworth Community Center proceeded under a police presence who were quick to remove protesters. The Q&A session displayed questions on screen instead of interacting with the audience live.
Punctuated with boos and occasional angry yells, the police removed at least five at the event, more than one person was tased, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that at least one was arrested.
The Acworth Police Department and Greene did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Greene also faced on-screen questions concerning how Social Security and Medicaid would be affected by DOGE’s firing of workers and closure of some field offices, potentially inducing long wait times and forcing recipients to travel longer distances to reach in-person offices.
“Well, Christina, I’m sure you think you are pretty smart, but the reality is you are being completely brainwashed by whatever source of news you listen to,” said Greene to a concerned constituent’s question. “No one has lost their Social Security, no one has lost their Medicaid.”
