Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is slamming Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, which the billionaire tech mogul maintains is slashing solely wasteful public spending — regardless of key companies and security nets like Social Security being impacted.
The California Democrat spoke Monday in Ohio at a Metropolis Membership of Cleveland occasion about President Donald Trump’s financial insurance policies and stated Musk’s “marketing campaign of mass firings” has left his aged constituents fearful that Social Safety and “fundamental companies” will vanish.
“Two weeks in the past, a mother hugged me in tears.” Khanna told the crowd. “Her 3-year-old, a NICU survivor, now wants house care and a nurse to have the ability to take him to high school. ‘What is going to occur to him?’ she requested. There’s concern, Elon, within the households you don’t see.”
Musk was as soon as a progressive darling for pioneering luxurious electrical autos and pushing for interplanetary journey along with his Tesla and SpaceX firms, respectively, however tarnished his reputation in recent times by endorsing Trump and gutting the federal workforce.
The world’s richest man spent a fortune to assist reelect Trump and was then tapped to root out waste, fraud and abuse within the federal authorities. He has since ominously known as Social Safety, one in all America’s most enduring security nets, a “Ponzi scheme.”
On Monday, Khanna left the increasingly unpopular billionaire with some recommendation.
“I’ve recognized Elon for 15 years.” he stated. “These days, it’s been a bit rocky. I’ll save the profanity, however he retains following and unfollowing me on X [formerly Twitter]. , such as you do with an ex. I’ll say this about Elon. He’s a tech genius, however he ought to keep on with automobiles and Mars.”
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In February, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) warned that Musk and his DOGE employees are “actively dismantling” the U.S. Division of Training. The next month, the company laid off 1,300 employees — and Trump signed an executive order to shut it down.
Musk has since gotten into a public spat with Trump’s commerce adviser Peter Navarro over the president’s steep international tariffs on imports to the U.S. — as even the world’s richest man depends on functioning world provide chains to maintain his firms intact.
