‘Made up positions for family members’: DOGE may cut Pelosi family member’s job

A member of Nancy Pelosi’s family, Alexis Pelosi, could lose her high-paying job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after Elon Musk, who will be responsible for eliminating government waste under the incoming Trump administration, mocked her position on X.

Alexis, who is married to the former speaker’s nephew, reportedly makes $181,648.00 annually as a climate advisor. After all, all great housing and urban development projects need a climate advisor!

To complicate the family drama, Alexis’ father-in-law was once married to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s aunt.

Musk, who will lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, has vowed to purge the federal bureaucracy of unnecessary, cost-consuming jobs. On Wednesday, the X owner posted about Alexis’ salary, raising questions about whether her position at the HUD is on the chopping block.

“Nancy Pelosi's niece should not be paid $181,648.00 by the US Taxpayer to be the ‘Climate Advisor’ at HUD,” a popular account tweeted. “But maybe her advice is amazing,” Musk responded with laughing emojis.

“Can’t wait for DOGE to clean house,” one user sneered.

“I hope she saved some of that $181,648.00 because she’s about to be UNEMPLOYED,” another added.

On Thursday, the SpaceX founder joined Ramaswamy to write an op-ed describing their role in the new administration.

“The entrenched and ever-growing bureaucracy represents an existential threat to our republic, and politicians have abetted it for too long,” they wrote. “That’s why we’re doing things differently. We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees. Unlike government commissions or advisory committees, we won’t just write reports or cut ribbons. We’ll cut costs.”

They clarified that, while they anticipate their efforts will result in “mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy,” they are prepared to help those workers transition into the private sector.

They also expressed interest in making federal employees work in-office five days a week, citing data showing federal agencies use “on average, just 12% of the space in their DC headquarters.”

“The Department of Agriculture, with space for more than 7,400 people, averaged 456 workers each day (6% occupancy),” the official DOGE account posted on social media. “Why are American taxpayer dollars being spent to maintain empty buildings?”

“If federal employees don’t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn’t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home,” argued Ramaswamy and Musk. According to the former, this alone could result in a “25 percent thinning out of the federal bureaucracy.”

Whether Alexis Pelosi will be among those who participate in the great Washington exodus remains to be seen. But with a salary roughly three times that of the average American worker and a job title as inane as HUD Climate Advisor, we shouldn’t be surprised if this Pelosi’s days in Washington are numbered.