The IRS just got a new boss—and Democrats are absolutely losing it.

Billy Long, the former Republican congressman from Missouri who once advocated for abolishing the IRS, has officially been confirmed as its new commissioner. The Senate confirmed Long in a 53-44 vote, and now he takes charge of what can only be described as a dumpster fire of an agency.

The IRS is reeling: tens of thousands of employees retiring or laid off, morale in the basement, whistleblowers calling out partisan misconduct, and open warfare between Treasury brass and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—a Trump-era creation tasked with rooting out bloated federal bureaucracies. Oh, and let’s not forget the 2026 tax season disaster that’s looming like a freight train.

Democrats, unsurprisingly, are frothing. Long’s connection to pandemic-era tax credits—specifically the now-defunct Employee Retention Credit—has them howling about “ethics,” despite zero evidence of wrongdoing and Long’s clear denial during Senate hearings.

“I’ve done nothing improper. Period,” Long told the Senate Finance Committee.

That didn’t stop Democrat Senator Ron Wyden from having a meltdown, accusing the FBI background check process of being “inadequate” and sarcastically suggesting that agents “can’t read the newspaper.” What Wyden didn’t mention is that Long’s confirmation was entirely lawful, cleared through all proper channels—and fully supported by President Trump.

But the real panic isn’t over Long’s résumé. It’s over what’s coming next.

The IRS has become a political swamp, churning through four acting commissioners in under two years—one of whom resigned after cutting a secret deal to share illegal immigrants’ tax data with ICE, sparking outrage from the left.

Another resignation came after acting Commissioner Melanie Krause refused to go along with the Trump administration’s efforts to empower DHS and ICE with access to tax records to track illegal aliens. The Treasury Department, now firmly under Trump-aligned leadership, overruled her.

“The IRS is in the midst of breaking down data silos,” a Treasury spokesperson said. Translation? We’re coming for the fraudsters—and the Democrats know it.

Meanwhile, leftist watchdog groups are suing DOGE to block it from accessing tax data—terrified that Musk’s agency might actually expose how deeply entrenched DEI and political bias has become within the IRS bureaucracy.

As for Billy Long, the former auctioneer-turned-congressman isn’t blinking. He’s got marching orders: Drain the IRS swamp. Restore accountability. Defend taxpayers.

And the message from Trump’s America is clear: It’s time for the tax man to finally work for the people—not against them.