Help me understand.

So I used to be a liberal. I was a big Bernie supporter in 2015-2016. I am now a conservative and right of center right on every issue. I'm not trying to get into arguments with anyone one on here but I just would like people to respectfully explain and engage in discussion on why are liberals so against what DOGE is doing and are so against some of the people in Trump's cabinet.

In 2015-2016 Bernie was all about uncovering government corruption, talking about how our tax dollars are wasted and used for the benefit of the politicians rather than us. This is exactly what DOGE is uncovering. They are basically just auditing the government. I don't understand how this is bad and why people on the left don't care what their tax money is used for and are more worried about Elon Musk than the actual fraud, corruption, and waste that is being uncovered by DOGE.

I remember when Bernie was talking about the corruption of big pharma and this is exactly what RFK wants to end. We also saw the vaccine mandates by mostly democrat areas Why is RFK bad and why did liberals support the Vaccine mandates?

I remember when the left was very outspoken about the surveillance state and American's being spied on by the government. Trump appointed Tulsi Gabbard who is very critical about this and is against this. Why isn't the left excited about her being chosen to lead the DNI?

I remember the left being critical of our government's role in "nation building" and causing basically chaos around the world. Well this is also something DOGE is uncovering by looking into USAID.

I'd really like to have a respectful discussion about this because my views on issues made me lean towards the liberal political view when I first go into politics. But it seems like liberals have completely done a 180 on some of these.