Why do Democrats think Republicans are surprised or concerned about what Elon and Doge are doing?

I've seen a lot of posts on Reddit of liberals acting surprised that Republicans aren't concerned or surprised by what doge is doing. What I don't understand is why Dems think Republicans would be? Trump campaigned on the idea of bringing in Elon to lead doge and find the waste being spent. Doge is part of the white house administration not it's own department. So basically why should Republicans be surprised? We are getting exactly what we voted for. Stop the funding of all the BS that doesn't benefit Americans.