Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of “lining his pockets” on government money while at the same time using his Department of Government Efficiency to make drastic cuts to much-needed federal programs.
And she challenged him to come before Congress and explain himself.
“Elon, if you’re watching, come through, boo, ’cuz you haven’t shown up to the DOGE subcommittee yet,” she said on MSNBC on Tuesday night.
Network host Ali Velshi recalled how Musk falsely claimed the government was sending condoms to Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
Velshi said the story turned out to be “nonsense,” but Crockett said it was more than that.
“It’s not even just nonsense, it’s just that they’re idiots,” she said, noting that Musk’s DOGE team fired the workers safeguarding the nation’s nuclear stockpile, then wanted to bring them back but struggled to figure out how to reach them since the mass firings skipped the usual HR process.
“I don’t know how anyone in this country can look at this administration and feel some semblance of any type of confidence, right?” she said, adding that Musk has received nearly $1 billion in new U.S. government contracts in recent weeks.
“This is nothing more than a money grab. He’s not out there trying to save money for the American people. That’s not what he’s doing. He’s lining his pockets,” she said. “And at the same time, he’s outraging people who don’t know exactly how we spend our money.”
See more of her conversation with Velshi below: