Screaming match erupts among House lawmakers over motion to subpoena Elon Musk

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee attempted to subpoena Elon Musk to testify but the procedural motion quickly turned into screaming and name-calling.
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[@megatube4]

If congress doesn’t “have the authority” then how in THE HELL DOES ELON HAVE IT?!

[@jenlovesjesus]

Well said. I am terrified that this is the end of our democracy.

[@6Charles5]

They have the authority Republicans are just not agreeing to use it and allowing this insanity to go on

[@michaelgraves-w1p]

THE CONGRESS DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY , THE REPUBLICANS HAVE MAJORITY VOTE AND THEY VOTE THE DEMS. DOWN ,SO CALL YOUR REPUBLICAN SENATE AND ASK THEM WHY THEY VOTE FOR THIS CRAP AND DO NOT HONOR OUR PRIVACY AND KEEP THIS MUSK OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT

[@jvanek8512]

The President

[@cat793cdumpy]

Congress asked but they were refused, so time to kick some doors in and see what is really going on. The whole world is watching this unfold and every day the dems look worse and worse. This is what the people voted for to stop the waste and to get rid of a corrupt government going after Americans that were looking after their own kids safety and being called domestic terrorist because they dared to challenge corrupt school boards.

[@MarkMiller-y2n]

The fact that republicans are protecting a billionaire instead of keeping him out of our personal info is all you need to know.

[@DerekOfRivia]

You don't really care about that. Dems never bring upthe patriot act so don't act like you care for privacy. That's also just a conspiracy that they are accessing and using private citizens info. Zero proof behind that.

[@hollybrooke322]

In whose personal info? The government? Yes. I guess you’re ok spending your tax money on a trans opera and comic book. Ridiculous.

[@BillSmith-e3f]

We need more musks and less idiots like you

[@PeriodicT]

@@hollybrooke322 nah i'd rather not give a billionaire and 20yo children unfettered access to the SSNs of all americans and moving them to a private server.

[@nathanstevenson1190]

Bot ​@@hollybrooke322

[@Romeroglesby]

An immigrant from South Africa is running United States? (Born Elon Reeve Musk June 28, 1971 (age 53) Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa) is this legal ? I don’t remember voting from him…

[@jeremycastillo9859]

Awe😢

[@elmosweed4985]

Came to the USA on a school visa but dropped out and continued to work and stay in the USA going against the visa he entered on. Illegals are okay if they become rich and eventually become legal.

[@enricopallazzo3244]

I do. He was literally on the campaign trail telling you exactly what he was going to do.

[@PannsylTack]

@@jeremycastillo9859 Glad you’re having fun. I hope you can find some less destructive form of entertainment later in life

[@mangographics225]

Yeah, and actually came with an "Education Visa" and did not follow thru, so was an "Illegal Immigrants" for several years when he was supposed to be in Pennsylvania when he was in California ...

[@christopherjahn2044]

The DOGE is not legally permitted to do anything but consult and advise; any congressman unwilling to to stop him is derelict in their duty to the country.

[@SamLoplearrrrrooosci]

Why? The American public is tired of government employees stealing tax money. Why don’t you understand this?

[@AndyAcker]

Yep. Impeach all Congress members who refuse to stop him. But who is left with the authority to do that?

[@jessekuchinski1172]

It is legal because they took over an already existing govt department and just gave it a new name (doge) theyre just auditing. Every company has to do it

[@Semicolon42]

@@jessekuchinski1172 that existing department did not have this authority. And Elon was not elected, nor nominated and confirmed, nor has the clearance or responsibilities to access the info. Come off it, not legal.

[@leddajohnson1631]

@@AndyAcker Musk is stopping them from spending your tax dollars on stupid stuff, go find out where your money is going. The ones standing in the way needs to be impeached. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g52VoJqdp518gdE

[@GTTg-kr2xh]

I think the saddest part about all this is that people who have never dealt with sensitive personal data see nothing wrong here. I had a TS/SCI clearance while serving in government and regular people have to have spotless records to gain this type of access. Even when granted you were only given information on a need to know level. To sit here and think that this is no big deal because you are so afraid you are going to lose something shows that people have no idea about national security and how your world can be turned upside down with the unauthorized use of your personal data. Keep hiding underneath the flag (fake patriotism) and bending rationale and falling into this dark space. Our country is in the hands of a handful of billionaires, and people are too racist, sexist, and selfish to even recognize we are headed for dark and challenging times. There is nothing efficeint to be gained from Musk's actions. Our system of checks and balances exist for a reason - to protect us as citizens.

[@cathyltabitha4034]

Wow. You don't expect the racist cult members to actually understand this, do you? They think this is so funny. I guess they're all gluttons for punishment. Ignorance is definitely a virtue to them.

[@Sierramist2024]

Beautifully said. Thank you.

[@CuzBarnaJuner]

Where I worked, the computer control room was magnetic locked with access clearance very limited, because from that console, all the corporate files could be erased. I could not go in unless a the manager cleared me and I had to sign and sign out... ---- Note: all the files could be modified and/or erased...

[@moonflowerfaeriee]

Apparently Ed Martin has just given Musk the go ahead to do whatever he wants. And says if Anyone stands against him, he will personally prosecute them for obstruction of Musk! 😡🤬😡

[@phillipellison4758]

But , But the billionaires are going to save from .... The other billionaires? Crazy times

[@sparkysmom7149]

SUBPOENA MUSK IMMEDIATELY. WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND IT. WE ARE CONCERNED WITH OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BEING ABUSED OR STOLEN.

[@michaelgraves-w1p]

THE REPUBLICANS CONGRESS VOTED IT DOWN ASK THEM, AND CRUSE USELESS.

[@unclesmack10]

You demand it 🤡

[@BassRck50-xv8iz]

It's already gone...

[@muhc8550]

@@sparkysmom7149 you don't want that. He's speak and you'd be embarrassed for your leaders

[@Sisteryoda1440]

Call your federal representatives! They don’t care about posts or emails.

[@barbaraj6340]

This is not funny. Don't treat it as if it were just people yelling. This is important. DOGE is illegal and should be disbanded.

[@scotmandel6699]

TROLL ALERT

[@briandbenson]

@@scotmandel6699You certainly are a troll. And a dumb one. 🤪

[@BigPeteSays]

​@@scotmandel6699Oh no. Another CAPS LOCK Donny-lover by the look of it. Look out people and steer clear !

[@wellthatgotweird]

​@@scotmandel6699⬅️

[@donnwzad7980]

DEMOCRATS R OWNED BY GORGE SOROS !!! YET HERE THEY R COMPLAINING 🤣🤣 AMERICA IS NOT INTERESTED SORRY 🤣

[@PoperyCommander]

Stop framing this is dems versus GOP. It’s not a partisan issue.

[@toddmacadam3888]

Except that it clearly is if Republicans aren't stopping it.

[@shanedyer3230]

Whatever the Republican party was died in 2020, when their platform was literally loyalty to Trump.

[@nerffej]

It is because the GOP is fucking protecting him. They’re selling out America to the billionaires and foreign governments. Fucking traitors.

[@Chanse1989]

Republicans have made it so. Stop acting ignorant.

[@livthelife63]

ITS A CROSS DRESSING ISSUE

[@congacon81]

Dump Tesla stock.

[@donnwzad7980]

AMERICANS STAND BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP 🇺🇸🇺🇸 And YES WE LOVE ELON MUSK 😘🇺🇸

[@Spartanist4545]

@@donnwzad7980go bury your small MAGA brain in the dirt and let the adults speak

[@Johnwicker1903]

$500,000 for 33 news subscription paid by USAID. The person who signed it off got backdoor money.

[@baldeagle4710]

I already did in 2023. Elon is so toxic

[@baldeagle4710]

@@donnwzad7980President Musk needs to go get interrogated, he has already broken the law

[@bjmtube]

Not screaming. Impassioned but not screaming. Man I hate click bait.

[@homedoghappiness]

It's prob screaming by Capitol Hill standards, which is why they called order.

[@monicarenee7949]

It’s a woman speaking with bass in her voice, so they call that screaming lol

[@trydzynski]

@@monicarenee7949 Adams apple?

[@Dorythefish13]

Only screaming because she's a woman

[@matclairoux]

He's clearly speaking much louder to shut her up. Were you expecting someone with a red face?

[@debbiehanson9201]

Running a business is not the same thing as running a government at any level, and it never has been. And Elon Musk is not one of the great minds of our time. Not by a long shot.

[@MA-ri5he]

😂 Are all democrats this clueless? Looking at your rally and DNC chair circus, you should be prepared sitting on the side lines for the next decade.

[@bobbritches846]

​@@MA-ri5hefunny!😅. Because it's true!

[@bobbritches846]

No, not Elon! You're funny!

[@2mangos]

He sure as heck shouldn't have unfettered access to American taxpayer money. Nothing to secure our information or the money we pay. Americans are just getting robbed blind by the ultra-wealthy and they are just into it.

[@ismaeljrp1]

@@MA-ri5he The end result will be a worse situation for our citizens. Never mind the parties. Us citizens will be impacted with worse public services, and big private corporations having much more unchecked power and influence than ever before. He isn't creating efficiencies. He's dismantling the institutions that keep them in check. Just look at the things left untouched, and the things impacted most.

[@sumguy718]

The federal government has been overtaken by an unelected billionaire. The correspondent's statement "what Elon Musk wants to do with the government" is absolutely chilling. We have 3 branches of government, not an unelected oligarch. Republicans in Congress are absolutely spineless in allowing this to happen. And trump just wants to be on TV for a couple of minutes every day, and then get back to his golf and tv watching. We are in real trouble.

[@nonusbusinissus5632]

Oh boy remember last term when you elected a corpse without selfawareness and nobody knows who ran the country for 4 years? Didnt mind it the what kind of billionaire runs what in your country. The same way reps had to deal with it then, you get to deal with it for 4 years. You have no claims. You have no demands. You were not elected nor are in control. Nobody cares.

[@collettebrynes1075]

Democrats took their orders from Sorros what’s the difference the only difference is Musk is trying to save the US in what over 30 trillion dollars in debt you cannot afford to keep going as you are in the US you could potentially fault on your debt which would be catastrophic for your country

[@geraldmobley3568]

You can't run government like a business. The stakeholders are different. The results are different. The purpose are different. This is government 101

[@johnnyh-pay5843]

They’re the same if the goal is to make billionaires richer!

[@sallybowles2781]

yeah, too bad that NONE of those crooks has any idea of how a government works, they didn\t know the first time and clearly they haven't learned anything since.

[@danielevans7439]

That kind of thinking is why we’re trillions in debt. The stakeholders are every single taxpayer, and we have demanded change. The government needs more cuts and auditing.

[@johnnyh-pay5843]

@ We do and Trump contributed 7.8 Trillion more during his last term. Now he has a billionaire, who obviously doesn’t want to get richer or benefit his businesses or government contracts, in charge of the entire system using private servers and his own employees. I can see why you are totally comfortable with this…

[@watertommyz]

​@@danielevans7439 The only cuts and auditing will be going into Muks and Walstreet pockets. Not we the people. Have fun learning the hard way what's actually happening.

[@mangographics225]

Kick Elon OUT - being an "advisor" does NOT give him the Authority to have acess to Americas National Treasury 👿

[@ferociousgustafson4040]

Quit being a sucker! As a citizen he has a right to see what the treasury is doing. As do you. The authority comes from the goddamn president.

[@trydzynski]

So they are going to audit themselves? Don't think so. Time for independent audit.

[@ez2u1]

Stop being so stupid or maybe a p,ant.. Elon is exposing these criminals

[@DavisHMoore]

@@ferociousgustafson4040the president is not a King who can legally grant people top level security clearance to our treasury without any oversight. This is the freaking United States government, not one of Musk or Trump's shitty mismanaged companies where they've exploited workers and ruined lives

[@creativebeetle]

​@@ferociousgustafson4040Doesn't have the right to access millions of people's private information without clearance. Same goes for the 20 year olds he recruited.

[@LIATH420]

They should let luigi out for a day to take care of the situation

[@kansaswolf865]

Free Lugia. He did nothing wrong...

[@trydzynski]

Yes , then let's send him to your house.

[@LIATH420]

@@trydzynski I'll lube up

[@kylesuperbaby9616]

@@trydzynski No, let’s send them to your mom’s house

[@Atticus6557]

We need thousands of Luigi's. It's important for the American working-class.

[@Gummy1-r6r]

WTF? Not enough Democrats present to vote? GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AN MASSE NOW DEMS, we NEED YOU TO ACT.

[@jconny65]

we're literally just three weeks into this presidency and absolute chaos has ensued. really wish this wasn't route that a lot of you picked for this country.

[@Charlie-o5t]

But we did, and we are all very pleased to see how effective President Trump has been!

[@mamatried528]

🇺🇸🥇🎄Christmas every morning with Trump!

[@SEATTL3206]

I'm so glad your rat idols are being exposed for blowing our tax dollars and intertwining their pockets with our tax dollars😂😂😂

[@420glass]

you should have voted Fuc*ed VVe are

[@christinegehrlein5639]

@@Charlie-o5tI guess, if it’s chaos you’re looking for, why is nobody talking about the price of our groceries?

[@6time686]

This chaos is just the beginning. Fasten your seatbelts...

[@DerekOfRivia]

Theo other chaos is th death throes of a dying party and it's deep state allies. So funny how dems react when their secret funds are tampered with.

[@trydzynski]

That's why we elected Trump

[@FunkMaster-r7g]

@@trydzynski to destroy the usa? well it is very entertaining to watch never thought the usa would fall to some orange clown

[@PeriodicT]

@@trydzynski i've always wanted to watch the fall of the roman empire, turns out i don't need a time machine - it's kinda cool

[@BigPeteSays]

​@@trydzynskiThis trydz.... seems to love chaos and confrontation. What a melon. No doubt liked by .... no-one around them. Time to leave them well alone.

[@LeahS-e5i]

HOW ABOUT YOU ARREST HIM INSTEAD OF SUBPOENA!!!

[@aubreyleonae4108]

where is one of those titanic sub things, he needs an adventure.

[@cfountain72]

I'm with you, but you need something to charge him with. I'm not sure there is a code to reference.

[@MarkStarCrashes71]

And seize all his assets.

[@trydzynski]

Right! Lock him up. lock him up! Oh, wait a minute.😉

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

That's the purview of the DoJ, not Congress. Do you see Trump I allowing his DoJ arresting his favourite?

[@yewknight]

Read a German history book. This is not “unprecedented.”

[@upleft253pnw]

Elon haters have room temperature IQ.

[@yolandatweedeep4451]

Hitler audited the federal government and ultimately downsized the scope of its spending and power. 😅

[@yewknight]

@ I don’t know if you think you are joking but yes, the Nazis began by dismantling the power of parliament to consolidate executive power.

[@ripmyjeans]

@@yewknight I don't think he is joking at all.. just laughing that people just don't get it. They don't see the obvious parallel. If i recall, it took Hitler about 2 months to dismantle Germany, so I suspect there won't be a congress, or anything left of government probably in the next 45 days. People voted like idiots to end the country and bring about what will likely be a mass genocide and world war.

[@yolandatweedeep4451]

@@yewknight he also seized the means of production from all private corporations and created the German labor front a 32 million man labor union. You think Trumps gonna do something like that considering facism is all about the unions? I mean him and all his supporters are facist, right?

[@nelimoody6374]

Advisors don't usually have access to our private info nor the power to reconstruct the government.

[@odanielsokonkworaniesi4264]

T​@Andie- tanked twitter?😅😂

[@odanielsokonkworaniesi4264]

How is he going to advise when you propose he does not have access to information? His job is to reduce waste and remove criminality and fraud. How is he going to advise if he does not review what is going on?

[@Andrew-tl4my]

Wouldn't call exposing and stopping waste and corruption reconstructing government.

[@BikeNewLondon]

Do you support him exposing the names of CIA employees en masse? Because that's called jeopardizing national security.​@Andrew-tl4my

[@168tsai8]

Not when you are cosplaying as the Bond Villain. 007 where are you?

[@johnnydoe3603]

If Elon has Nothing to Hide Why are MAGAts in Congress getting so Triggered ? 🤣🤣

[@Drowningpooralice505]

If democrats have nothing to hide why are they so afraid of Musk?

[@Thenormalpilot]

If democrats have nothing to hide, why are they getting scared of the stuff he is finding

[@MA-ri5he]

😂 Why stop him when your opposition is already falling apart.

[@jonesramsey3757]

Elon hasn’t done anything wrong , dens are just furious that trump and Elon are uncovering the fraud and waste they have used taxpayer dollars for . The people are furious about transparency are the guilty ones

[@Deb_BG]

​​​@MA-ri5he I have news for you. The opposition is not falling apart. Your country is falling apart. You will figure this out in the coming months. FAFO. More news - True Americans will fight MAGA every step of the way. FAFO

[@Mark-c6j9n]

THEY need to subpoena Elon AND his boy band

[@ghoguet]

Charging F-Elon for the Corruption of Youth which his boy bs d of criminals.

[@kingbullyrock8739]

No, they need to subpoena everyone who worked at USAID

[@misslamarr]

Weirdos grooming boys and young men🤮

[@davidm3420]

​@@kingbullyrock8739 Seeing as that was started by JFK, that's a looooong list.

[@darkangel4185]

Get all the info from the employees!

[@williammayhoperights]

thank you for putting it so well, Samantha Power and Bernie, Ratskin, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, AOL, Jasmine, all those that care about the world!! SAVE USAID! Samantha Powers, you have fans and i am one of them! this is one of the truly Christian based organization in our government! shutting down USAID, helps people that are big empires that have, all too often, rotten histories of human rights to their own people! i will be honest, i cried when i heard how our aid workers where treated, and for the desperate despair of those USAID helps! but I also cried in rage that i could not stop this illegal treatment of an organization that is funded by Congress, to be closed by a private rich guy that bought himself power by buying a politician, it is shameful and sorrowful for every TRUE CHRISTIAN in our country and around the world! we are not buying it! be honest for what is TRUE and GOOD. what musk and tRump did is immoral, they and their minions, and it is also illegal! i and all true citizens of consciousness demand the firing, impeachment and in the case of first generation immigrants,[and he did get in this county, ILLEGALLY, FACT! and he breaking the law, FACT!] booted out of OUR country and FREEZE MUCKS assets!! and stop the terror of honest immigrants, that will make great LEGAL citizens if given a chance! love prayers to all suffering from this madness, it is time for our law makers, and security forces[ CIA, FBI, POLICE, SECRET SERVICE, etc.] while they still can, because he is also going after their jobs, homes and rights, they can pay private security companies far less with no benefits, and without the commitment to the rule of law! NO NO NO! that what the privatization of the prison system is all about, and arrest these monsters that work for self gain and the super rich, and not the American values and liberties we have earned and support here at home and world wide! i hang under torture, with safe, renewable, clean energy, to survive and have any economy, truth, restitution, freedom, privacy, pay me my 'gig $'and royalties, to Roberta May Hope Caster, and my kids, Hope under torture! the bigger they are, the bigger the LIE, the harder they fall! he HONEST or what is real and GOOD, we do not need more RELIGION, we need more spirituality and following true goodness, truth, and mercy! the HIPPA laws put there to secure our rights and privacy are ALL being broken! and many other laws also! the path these a-holes are on, will desultory the economy, and any who follow or participate in it! and our country, and with the dirty pollution these giant corporations make, far worse! be HONEST! be active for what is real GOODNESS! be always, none violent!trump, and Muck,now have 1,000 of lives of innocent people's suffering, and maybe death, their blood on their hands! NO MORE STOP THEM! HOPE

[@pikhy]

🤗👍🙏

[@supremecommander2398]

Its like that Austrian nobody that somehow managed to become the German chancellor back in 1933, that also made a certain gesture popular ... and we all know how that ended.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

Yep, he really looks like an SS, too. It’s getting eerie.

[@420glass]

Buckle up ButterCup You should have voted, Fuc*ed VVe are! it's to late he VVon! DUMB DUMB

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Disgraceful? That was the Jokin Joey Biden Administration the last 4 years. Liars, thieves and lawfare. Shut up. Sit down. Your time is over.

[@kdplain2923]

Get Musk out of our government now!! 🇺🇸🎉🎉🇺🇸

[@bobbritches846]

You lost.

[@joanturri5500]

​@@bobbritches846No one voted for Musk.

[@user-iw6im]

​@@bobbritches846So did you. Do you really think trump is in charge? He's musk's pet. Won't be long before Elon makes trump wear a gimp suit and a leash.

[@TT-qo9dv]

⁠@@bobbritches846America lost, for now 🇺🇸

[@kdplain2923]

@@bobbritches846 I will fight for Democracy no matter what. 🇺🇸

[@lawrencejetson7057]

This is going to turn ugly

[@justsomerandomgirl]

Good let it

[@BigPeteSays]

​@@justsomerandomgirlPlease. Get help.

[@kimbok5971]

It already has

[@justsomerandomgirl]

@@kimbok5971 no worse than the previous administration! Neither really cares about their constituents as you know. I really believe that

[@brendasnow8255]

It has to.

[@jamesfish5630]

"house democrat's furious"....of coarse they are they are the biggest grifters!! Duh!

[@magusmaximmus2172]

Billionaires saying the problem is average citizens making average wages compared to the wealth of the oligarchy. How else are they going to pay for additional tax cuts for Elon Musk and his cronies?

[@donnalearn]

They are essentially making it illegal to be poor or even middle class in our country. Why are they not solving our own living situations and cost before expanding our land and worrying about building in Gaza. Leave them to handle their own land. They don't need million dollar condos, golf courses or spas lining their beaches!

[@erinblu8551]

They just want us to work hard so they can tax the hell out of us and build their coffers. Anyone who thinks this administration is going to make the economy better, lower the price of groceries/gas, and give us more freedom really just buy the rhetoric and hope for the best.

[@Drkon6]

Bring back Mario's brother.

[@sunnyluvin3560]

Stop the BS and ARREST HIM!! He’s not an elected official, He broke the Privacy Act of 1974 law.. ARREST HIM

[@chrism8324]

lol

[@neutrino78x]

There is a battle going on, in court. Assuming we win the battle in court, if musk doesn't comply, the US Marshals can arrest him. But the court thing has to run its process first.

[@karmakazi219]

Who's going to arrest him? MAGA controls the DOJ too.

[@Andrew-tl4my]

Elon is stopping the B.S. ! He is advising Trump is listening..

[@factsnotfeelingssendit5961]

Now you back the police 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You lost cope

[@Dubiousstudious1]

Wait, the party of law and order is voting against law and order.

[@420glass]

You should have voted, Fuc*ed VVe are! it's to late he VVon! DUMB DUMB

[@ardent1983]

They're all morally bankrupt hypocrites. Anyone with a shred of integrity would be pushing back HARD against this kind of insanity

[@fsmith6893]

They've ONLY ever been in favor of law and order for others, especially those that they think are inferior.

[@redne74]

Why are you guys against investigating money being overly spent?… you guys are clowns

[@ssilent8202]

Yeah I’m completely confused why they don’t want to know how OUR MONEY is being spent, it makes no sense!

[@BarbaraBenton-z3u]

He's not trying to reshape the government. He's trying to destroy it.

[@ez2u1]

Save our country and our constitutional republic…. If you love our country you would support Elon musk

[@muhc8550]

Maybe you know understand that bloat and corruption is not a good form of government ultra you're getting the graft for yourself

[@deekang6244]

Exactly

[@BigPeteSays]

Wow. I pity people who think Musk Jr isn't simply following his own agenda and doesn't care about them. They're priceless (and funny - I love it !).

[@muhc8550]

@BigPeteSays I pity people who give their money to organizations that topple governments - and don't even know it

[@ama389]

How about arresting him? He has not been approved by congress

[@DerekOfRivia]

You only care because he's famous and taking your dem powers away. There are hundreds on non elected officials hired by every single president no matter the party. For all kinds of consulting. But for some reason you hate the idea of consulting and auditing the budget. You don't believe that's a bad idea. You just hate that it's Trump and Elon doing it. If this was kamalas idea you would be praising it.

[@mrman3523]

Trump would just pardon him

[@chrism8324]

lmao

[@karmakazi219]

Who's going to arrest him? MAGA controls the DOJ too.

[@d.s.8733]

That's ok, 78 million of us did

[@RaeBattleRapsMood]

I can’t believe this is happening. I feel like I’m in the mf twilight zone! Get rid of DUMP and MUSKY IMMEDIATELY!

[@scotmandel6699]

TROLL ALERT

[@RaeBattleRapsMood]

@@scotmandel6699 who? You?

[@ioneste3899]

Oh but you like hour money to be send to Gaza for condoms, 1,5 million to Serbia for DEI in workplaces...stupid american🤣🤣

[@bulld9646]

All the people are mad asf because the great American tax giveway charity organization is coming to an end. We are not the world police or the worlds charity. You people don't even know what all of these expenses are or where the money is actually going. You're mad because Elon isn't a democrat. If Obama had had Elon as an adviser to cut wasteful spending, he'd be your hero, add you know it

[@420glass]

Buckle up ButterCup You should have voted, Fuc*ed VVe are! it's to late he VVon! DUMB DUMB

[@AboG61]

Its not just Muskee, its Tramp's wishes to dismantle government. Didn't Tramp say that HE must agree with what Muskee is doing?! Muskee is just the hatchet man to take criticism away from Tramp. What Muskee gets out of it is probably anyone's guess. Can u say governnment contracts = even more money for him.

[@truth_teller571]

I don't remember voting for Elon Musk.

[@tjtrucking1467]

His name was DonOLD Trump then.

[@ravenousvisages]

Doesn't matter, he fixed it. Next election everyone will have magically voted Musk for president.

[@ioneste3899]

You didn't vote for kakamala

[@cyrenne9172]

bot reply

[@Charlie-o5t]

The majority voted for President Trump, and President Trump hired Musk to audit the agencies that fall under the President's authority. 😂😂😂

[@Smitty2528]

Nevermind a subpoena, arrest him and his incel minions. This is preposterous! Between him and trump It is the very definition of an auto-coup. And every state AG should be suing the federal government right now on behalf of it's citizens

[@neutrino78x]

"And every state AG should be suing the federal government right now on behalf of it's citizens" They are

[@FOURSTAR50]

Why don't you ask what he's finding they're not going to tell you on ABC

[@Smitty2528]

​@neutrino78x not that I have heard. Not about this. 23 of them are suing over the federal freeze on funds trump tried to enact. But not about doge accessing private information on social security recipients, federal workers, union workers, etc

[@karensagal8230]

@@Smitty2528 Some Congressional Democrats are,,,

[@Smitty2528]

​@@FOURSTAR50why don't you ask why these assh*les can't follow the law? Are you really ok with a random ass dude accessing the federal payment system and everyone's information? Would you be cool if Obama had Soros do this? Or if Biden had Gates do this?

[@johnnydoe3603]

Hey MAGA. Who is your Daddy ? President Elon or Trump or Putin ? 🤣🤣

[@vidheadrum]

polycule politics 🥰🤗

[@RichardMcDonaldJr]

Trump is your president 😂

[@hangender]

I beat medicare

[@MattttMan]

Seek help

[@MA-ri5he]

😂 Most importantly, Trump is your daddy now for the next 4 years.

[@aungmyint147]

Issues of Concerns; is it a Constitutional crisis of : 1. DOGE kickoff seems bypass of Congress grilling; 2. Why DNI & FBI Chiefs nominations are grilled by Congress, whereby DOGE is NOT ?

[@yelleryoung5870]

How do you MAGA like the immigrant being in charge? Is it all you hoped for?

[@DerekOfRivia]

We don't like incompetent loser leaches. Those are the immigrants you support. Well take the Edison/einstein/tesla of our time.

[@scotmandel6699]

YES. The democratic rats are screaming so I know its working.

[@RaeBattleRapsMood]

The irony would be side-splitting hilarious if our lives and security wasn’t hanging in the balance.

[@JeffBrown-pb5qr]

...and Mrs. Cult leader.... immigrant too.

[@BigPeteSays]

Great comment. Unfortunately, I don't think Donny-lovers get irony. In fact, we might need to start off with sounding out the word for them.

[@steveyoung2317]

He has government contracts. Conflict and illegal

[@fenris3394]

Continue, do not stop. The time for action is now. The longer congress waits the worse it will be for our country. So far, congress has been impotent.

[@dougthomson5544]

@@fenris3394 I am afraid this Congress is useless. 45 has been made “above the law” by a corrupt SCOTUS and by extension, Muskrat and his “kits”, because Trump will just pardon them should the need arise and then they can just continue their crimes with nary an blink. 45 and Muskrat have already subsumed the power of congress over spending and the saboteurs are expanding their crimes without pause.

[@marychristensen7386]

Is that all??? He needs to be arrested!!

[@piratepuppy3394]

For what 😂?

[@piratepuppy3394]

For what? 😂 denonorats gonna jaill

[@wesewpro]

@@ltho5616 by the FBI Agents who were wrongly fired BY A "CITIZEN"!

[@howardj602]

@@piratepuppy3394 IF he is serious about his remarks about taking over Gaza and does it. It will be a war crime.

[@ioneste3899]

Arest all the people who approved money to Gaza for condoms...and..and...other countries.

[@joralemonvirgincreche]

1:08 Don't laugh about this - this is not funny. This is authoritarianism, dictatorship, and tyranny. Adjust your tone to the gravity of this moment, please!

[@soulfulgardener]

media is bought too

[@livthelife63]

HAD NO IDEA YOU LIKED CROSS DRESSERS AND STRIPERS

[@Coolkat12345]

@@livthelife63what makes your life more valuable than a trans? You’re aware there are 300,000+ trans children?

[@CritikillACClaimed]

​@@Coolkat12345ah yes, the only country on the planet where children decide to "become" the other gender... Definitely not brainwashing, surely?

[@koleyw932]

Here goes Democracy, lol, har de har. Tone deaf journalists.

[@loriyates6617]

When was he elected? I must have missed it 😔

[@DerekOfRivia]

November 5th. Did you miss the entire campaign. We voted for Trump to have him to do exactly this

[@MacHeath699]

@@DerekOfRivia You voted to have someone with no security clearance muck around in every aspect of government?

[@Cha-y412]

Do you remember voting for Jill Biden . ?

[@MacHeath699]

@@Cha-y412 Do you remember Jill Biden having access to the Treasury? Neither do I.

[@PeriodicT]

@@DerekOfRivia so it's true, they are President Musk and Vice President Trump then?

[@SiennaBoy55]

Insane Money breeds Insane People and Herd Stupidity enables it !

[@BrianSeaberg]

Which branch of government is responsible for spending, the legislative or the executive? Isn't it the legislative? Then why is the executive branch thru Musk doing this at the department of treasury? Additionally since Musk has huge government contracts isn't this a conflict of interest? When are the republican senator and representatives going to step up to their responsibilities in addition to defend the constitution as far as illegal acts? WE THE VOTERS ARE WATCHING THEM AND WILL VOTE THEM OUT IF THEY DON'T THEIR JOBS!!

[@smilesnkissesonly52]

@BrianSeaberg Because only illegals are criminals in their eyes.. Lol

[@dangavel1283]

Just check out Musks patents, there are about 28, 9 lapsed, 10 current , the rest pending, I have not been able to find one where he is the sole inventor . He hasn't lodged one for two years and none of them appear to be particularly significant, like his so called 'gaming prowess' musk would appear to lean heavily on others when it comes to inventing stuff. He is by no means 'a great mind" , but he is very good at getting people to put money into his schemes and over rate his stock prices. Also, by being a federal employee , Musk could defer paying the capital gains tax on roughly $299.9 billion of shares (SpaceX hasn't disclosed an exact valuation. Then of course they want to slash govt spending in a vain attempt to help pay for trumps billionaire benefiting tax cuts . Both stand to gain BIGLY , a clear conflict of interest.

[@war-painter]

Musk doesn’t even have a four year degree in Engineering. College Engineering.Sheesh. Thats basic

[@MultipleOffenses]

"musk would appear to lean heavily on others" He DOES lean heavily on others. Does he have ONE original idea? Even the video game he "made" as a kid was just a knockoff of another game. He's not designing cars. He's not designing rockets. Actual engineers are. Phony Stark just loves to take credit.

[@missym877]

@@war-painterthat’s terrifying to think he’s the one in charge of sending people to the moon. No wonder all his products keep malfunctioning

[@aquariusdreaming]

YES!! Musk paid people to play the video games for him non-stop so that he could play the end of the game and act likes he's an expert. It's so pathetic that a grown man does these things. RE: "his so called 'gaming prowess' musk would appear to lean heavily on others when it comes to inventing stuff."

[@Trishisinthehouse]

Elon musk is a bright mind lol, dude has assburgers and dated amber. He bought Twitter and ran it into the ground . Elon benefited directly thru apartheid in South Africa . Greatest mind with awe tism maybe

[@lazersly]

Democrats: stop everything from moving forward as much as you can. No more Trump nominees. No more procedures.

[@Charlie-o5t]

There are very few nominees left, most have been confirmed. If the Senate stalls much longer on Kash Patel, then President Trump will call a recess appointment and put Patel in as FBI director himself. There is literally and absolutely Nothing That Can Stop What is Coming! 😂😂😂

[@420glass]

You should have voted, Fuc*ed VVe are! it's to late he VVon! DUMB DUMB

[@facehugger3]

Stopping everything moving forward has been their policy for years .

[@HenryVandenburgh]

What's the deal with Ro? Musk is acting illegally. Trump is acting illegally.

[@jackdavinci]

It looks like the vote was intentionally called for with not enough notice

[@clayhundenshire2643]

What exactly are they doing illegally?

[@jackdavinci]

@clayhundenshire2643 look it up, bucko

[@coleworld3061]

A recipient of government contracts definitely should not be involved in the budgetary affairs of their CONTRACTEE. WHERE THEY DO THAT AT?!?!!? TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS lol whaaat

[@NoName-mr8tr]

Exactly!!! This is complete and utter tyranny! Corruption of the highest levels being played out and ALLOWED 😮

[@DerekOfRivia]

It's already been stated that he will not be allowed to interact with any thing that will be a conflict of interest.

[@asongfromunderthefloorboards]

@@DerekOfRivia And you believe Trump? The one who gave him unfettered access to change code in the Treasury computers and do who knows what with Medicare and Social Security?

[@coleworld3061]

@ who’s overseeing this? Congress isn’t

[@scotmandel6699]

@@coleworld3061 sure because Congress has done such a great job. ND 36.22 Trillion and rising.

[@rimeratalmon1009]

They had to mute her because she was making sense. Calling Musk a 'phenomenon' is a bit like calling a school shooting an 'interesting development'.

[@420glass]

Buckle up ButterCup You should have voted, Fuc*ed VVe are! it's to late he VVon! DUMB DUMB

[@johndawson6057]

Literal media manipulation in front of our eyes

[@fringbabyross4718]

It’s scary to see so many people in power with such significant mental health problems.

[@JeffBrown-pb5qr]

especially James Comer. He doesn't look well. It might be something more than a hearing loss?

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Nobody cares enough to do anything else but comment about it and go on with their mundane lives

[@fs..]

You need to leave the agencies wasting our money alone! The debt and inflation are a good thing.

[@facehugger3]

Exactly ! I was thrilled to learn that USAID has all of my private and personal info as well !

[@fs..]

@facehugger3 I know, right? It would be devastating to have zero inflation because of low government spending on our tax dollars. How awful, the government knows who you are now.

[@bethparker1500]

Arrest elon as a tresspasser? Lock the doors, keep him out.

[@stonerrocky]

Same to scump too!

[@mrman3523]

Trump would just pardon him

[@war-painter]

I notice Trump is not pardoning LUIGI……hmmm.

[@Yovvyu]

Article II, Section 1: Establishes the President as the head of the executive branch, giving the President the authority to oversee federal agencies, including USAID, which is part of the executive branch. President, as the head of the executive branch, holds significant power over foreign aid and the agencies involved in administering it, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State. These agencies implement foreign aid policies, which are often developed in consultation with the President and approved by Congress. It's really simple to understand. Donald Trump hired Elon musk to improve government efficiency. This was done through the executive branch. He didn't break any type of of constitutional law. They were also giving money to Al-Qaeda and hammas the organizations that killed a lot of Americans People in the usaid that were working in the department they all should be in prison. Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. § 2339B), it is illegal to provide material support or resources to designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). This law applies to individuals, organizations, and even government actions.

[@clayhundenshire2643]

Can’t. He’s part of trumps team reporting to trump. He’s well within his bounds

[@daviddupre6905]

Why are we as Americans letting this happen?

[@samc9133]

I'm sure Germans in the 1930's were asking the same questions.

[@samc9133]

No one listened when historians told you all about the similarities between Trump and Hitler and every other petty dictator ever. Oh well. Maybe some day people will pay attention. Until then this will happen over and over.

[@suitestheband]

People stopped believing in government after Citizens United

[@TrollinOn22s]

Because it's Democrats cause Republicans would never. I can see Billy Bob and Peggy Sue getting their weapons, but Democrats just talk and talk some more.

[@Dragonstar-p5c]

because most of us agree with what is happening and are cheering it on.

[@SusanneConnor-g5w]

We the People are Gathering

[@thierryranger2230]

The storm is brewing, the pitchforks are clankering.

[@scotmandel6699]

@@thierryranger2230 Trump WON. Get over yourselves.

[@kimberlygarrett1485]

Freedom of information act allows anyone to request records of public entities.

[@bearofverylittlebrain]

Everything about this admin. Is illegal!!!

[@marcialovejoy9926]

This is all liberal crap and Americans voted to get rid of Biden and his failed presidency. Biden didn't pardon himself and that shows how stupid he is.

[@bobbritches846]

@@bearofverylittlebrain such as?

[@bearofverylittlebrain]

@bobbritches846 omg you have to ask? I do not have the space here to enlighten you.

[@ferociousgustafson4040]

@@bearofverylittlebrain giant admission that you were talking without thinking. Repeating what the man on tv tells you to think.

[@ez2u1]

Liar

[@ronlokk]

Forget subpoena, just get ride of him.

[@johnhmielewski1230]

Communist through and through, no shame huh.

[@OttoErotic69]

Forget subpoena, learn how to spell

[@PSA78]

🎯

[@nimrodfernando4729]

rid

[@MikeShotta]

Why because he shut down the transgender beauty pageant in Colombia? Or dei efforts in Serbian workplace.. see unlike you i pay big taxes and I don’t want my tax dollars sending a hundred million dollars worth of condoms to Gaza . You obviously don’t support accountability, you lost the election resoundingly, real Americans have spoken and the democrats thievery scheme has come to an end , we got white house, house of reps and the senate.. what ever the president can think of he can do and he CANT be stopped. It’s gonna be a long four years for bums like YOU and your lunacy will only push moderate democrats to the right , common sense will reign and all your bS will perish .. MAGA! If you don’t like it LEAVE. And stop lying 🤥

[@uniphied3]

Replace Trump with Obama and Musk with Mark Cuban....the GOP would be losing their mind right now if they were doing this foolishness. God help us.

[@DerekOfRivia]

You people are so dense

[@lesvampyres5429]

​@@DerekOfRivia "The road to fascism is lined with people telling you you're overreacting." Your gaslighting doesn't work anymore, bot.

[@stevejenkins2872]

Great

[@mikebevibevi]

Yeah remember when Obama tried to cut government spending and give the public real insight to what their money is being spent on?

[@PeriodicT]

@@DerekOfRivia expound

[@same-difference]

Who is paying Elon and his boys to do whatever they are doing? Shouldn't a contract be drawn up and bids taken ?

[@PearlGirl223]

Him saying he’s built corporations is ridiculous. The United States is not a corporation!

[@skyeevl7656]

The USA is known as Corporate America. Unfortunately the Rich control America and the government

[@Swatkats-jx7cw]

Neither it's a charity 😂

[@noelzytangapiri312]

So you agree how the country has been spending your hard earned money? USA is going broke!

[@loomspace]

Not to mention musk hasn’t built anything, he’s bought companies and asked for government funds to hire people to run them.

[@krathoon2338]

I would think what Elon is doing is totally illegal. You can't just barge in and seize the servers like that.

[@TheResistanceIsPINK]

How long will it take Byron Donalds to realize MAGA looks at him and sees a DEI hire?

[@ltho5616]

I do not understand how he can face himself in the mirror.

[@jcbell-dh1bm]

Never, Donald is his own man and a damn good one! Your not a self made man, you swing on coattails.

[@JeffBrown-pb5qr]

exactly. He makes me sick to my stomach. Just another pathetic liar like the rest of the Cult.

[@fisher9276]

Drain the swamp

[@MaggieBinCA]

Why is this woman yukking it up (at 1:10)? What the hell is wrong with the media?

[@soulfulgardener]

bought and paid for

[@fsmith6893]

She's pretty and blonde. She thinks that she's safe in the coming purges.

[@bowler7922]

Ro Khanna sounds like an incompetent buffoon. His whole job relates around this how tf did he not know this was happening

[@user-iw6im]

He was probably paid off.

[@itsjustme6632]

​@@user-iw6imWe don't know what delayed him, so let's make stuff up.

[@jebidiahcarlyon3543]

@@itsjustme6632 Yeah. Let's do that.

[@itsjustme6632]

@@jebidiahcarlyon3543 Why?

[@lucylillian495]

ro was on twitter recentluy glazing elon and trump up. whatever it is, hes on their side now

[@dougthomson5544]

Musk isn’t a phenomenon, he’s a nightmare.

[@clayhundenshire2643]

Only to the far left

[@morgboat744]

Elon Musk is not a “new phenomena.” this has happened before and its mind boggling that people won’t acknowledge that

[@howardloewen1834]

Retired Americans could conceivably lose their Social Security monthly checks because of Musk

[@johnbergstrom2931]

If that happens, Elon Musk is a 'dead-man-walking'!

[@dstarrII8442]

Impeach Shadow president Musk

[@Valthalin]

Arrest this man for illegally accessing Americans private information already, he does not have the security clearance required to be anywhere near our citizens Social Security data.

[@drak0v]

The DOJ told a judge today that Elon has not accessed any private taxpayer data.

[@johnvanoverberg-kp6nq]

Starting to sound like governments over seas trying to work together 😂😂

[@7songstress]

"is this what we're going to see in Congress for the next four years?" Lady, your country will not have a Congress soon if Elon isn't ousted.

[@d.s.8733]

Really? So Elon is exposing the money laundering corruption from Democrats in Congress and you believe he will ruin Congress? WOW!!!!!!!

[@JesgateOnDown]

Elon or anyone with govt contracts should not have anything to do with decisions on any govt agencies, especially those related to financing.

[@krathoon2338]

The democrats are doing their job. Good. Good.

[@CHIEF_420]

☝️

[@michaelgraves-w1p]

THE REPUBLICANS ARE DEFENDING MUSK

[@nicanja]

Then call it to vote again! Keep pushing!

[@JesusUCSB]

Deport Trump

[@Chuck-js8dy]

Deport you

[@jonesramsey3757]

Nope , 👎 he’s your president now . As well as Elon is also . You need to deal with it without having a tantrum . Trump and Elon are doing exactly what they said they would

[@deepattison9329]

Send Trump to Mars with Musk.

[@srgreeniii]

@@jonesramsey3757 Does Musk provide the accounts or do you have to make them yourself? Does he pay by the post, or is there a quota?

[@fayethaxton9287]

@@jonesramsey3757 Elon's president too?? Where is THAT in the Constitution?

[@bearofverylittlebrain]

WE DESERVE TO KNOW..

[@keithpalmer4547]

Oligarch COUP in the USA!!!!

[@kingbullyrock8739]

Keep crying. Sorry your Democrats can't steal from the US taxpayer anymore.

[@lonzo61]

That was a "screaming match"? Either way, having Elon Musk as Trump's personal henchman and "gutting specialist" of the federal government is deeply concerning for sure. Who keeps Musk in check? Trimming the federal government is a worthwhile project, but how do we be certain it's done effectively without compromising agencies that are necessary, or more importantly, our national security? It seems that DOGE gets to decide what is vital and what is not.

[@resistanceisduty25]

GET MUSK OUT!

[@jcbell-dh1bm]

Yea, Musk all in your head, ain't he? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lesvampyres5429]

​@@jcbell-dh1bm No, he's staging a coup of their government, they have every right to be upset.

[@scotmandel6699]

@@lesvampyres5429 stop confusing Elon with Soros

[@ioneste3899]

​​@@lesvampyres5429the rock is lifted up and the snake are slithering in all directions 🤣

[@jamesgallegos6344]

The Coup Continues

[@DerekOfRivia]

Typical dem move. You have a literal coup with biden. Vehemently deny it and then start calling this a coup. "We didn't do a coup you guys did"

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Ro Khana needs to make sure he comes to work at all times!

[@scottd-fw9yw]

Elon Musk is doing a.great job!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!

[@bligit384]

If anyone else did what he did, they'd be under the jail by now...

[@lindaspears7805]

He should have no authority!! If he has authority what authority do you think the American people has?? WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER FAFO

[@DerekOfRivia]

You only care because he's famous. Every single president ever has had non elected advisors. You're only mad because he is famous and powerful.

[@scotmandel6699]

did you cry about that while we had 4 years of a leaderless white house??

[@ramonperez2685]

And a democrat abstained from voting. 🤦

[@BillRayDrums]

Yeah what a traitor to his family. Dems are completely rudderless.

[@luvium1]

Cut the waste ,it’s simple, no matter who is running DOGE, if your mad about that then you’re hiding the massive waste of my tax dollars.

[@cst5819]

Biggest Corp welfare recipient = Musk. Cut those contract= budget balanced

[@kevindedios7372]

Call the vote again

[@CHIEF_420]

Correcto

[@asynchronicity]

DUMP ANYTHING MUSK RELATED IMMEDIATELY

[@phyllissnyder2563]

Be loud and angry! We can’t take illegal actions! Lawsuits!

[@stevecooley4439]

President Elon brought the republicans

[@ioneste3899]

No, your money buys condom for Gaza people 😅😅

[@fsmith6893]

What's crazy is that he paid 150 times more for Twitter than he did the United States.

[@MichelleBrezinski]

OMG, when the poop hit's the fan, a lot of GOP might be finding themselves 6 ft under.

[@kingbullyrock8739]

You mean corrupt Democrats will be 6 ft under.

[@Orangecar2626]

I never voted for a Billinionare to represent Working class people 👻👻👻👻👻

[@sjoq9031]

President Elon 😂😂. Where's Vice President Trump?

[@donnapayne1575]

Let the people tell you get rid of musk

[@TheResistanceIsPINK]

60% of Americans said they do not support him having a position in our government. We have told them.

[@DerekOfRivia]

​@TheResistanceIsPINK You think 100% of Americans were polled? You still believe polls? Did the election teach you nothing. Us normal people don't answer polls. You loser dems have nothing better and answer polls all day it seems. They're not representative of working Americans.

[@34autobot]

I wouldn't call that a screaming match