"There's no oversight of Elon Musk. He clearly spent his $250 million to get Donald Trump elected, and now has a puppet in the White House who has given him the authority to go into every federal agency."
"the concern and the risk couldn't be any higher right now. And it's not because of any effort to streamline the government or make it more efficient."
"This is completely lawless. This is a total takeover of the federal government."
"What is the point of them being there if they're just bending the knee to Donald Trump?"
"@ElonMusk gave Trump $250m, so Trump handed him control of America's checkbook."
"No, it's definitely not legal. And I think it's important to understand how the appropriations process works."
"What really happened here, Anderson, is that they planned to stop all funding and that there was enough of an outrage that they released supplemental guidance today trying to roll this back."
"Just because Donald Trump doesn't like it does not give him license under the law."
"Republican members of Congress who control both Houses are going to have to grow a spine, step up and stand up to this president and his lawlessness."
"as the shadow president-elect, Elon Musk is now calling the shots for House Republicans on government funding while Trump hides in Mar-a-Lago behind his handlers, its increasingly seems like were in f..."
"I think all these efforts are important. I mean, the problem is that the problem is getting worse, not better."