Becca Balint Rails Against Elon Musk’s Actions Through DOGE: He ‘Has No Idea What He’s Doing’

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On Thursday, Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) discussed Elon Musk's actions through DOGE and his record on federal funding cuts.

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00:00It's going to take me a minute to adjust here.

00:03We won't count the time again.

00:06Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

00:08We've heard for months now that this administration only hires the very best people.

00:14Really?

00:16Exhibit A.

00:17This is the guy?

00:19This guy?

00:21The guy who keeps swinging around his big chainsaw?

00:25This is the guy who's going to fix government?

00:28Let me state for the record what millions of Americans can already see

00:33with their own eyes and what Trump's own cabinet can see

00:37and what my colleagues across the aisle are hoping nobody will ask them about.

00:41Elon Musk has no idea what he's doing.

00:44He's fired people who guard our nuclear arsenal.

00:48He's gone after the people protecting us from bird flu and Ebola.

00:52His own emails and directives contradict each other.

00:55He erroneously triple-counted contracts to inflate the Doge numbers.

00:59He's had to remove faulty claims or replace them with a page saying,

01:03Coming soon.

01:05The incompetence is shocking, and it makes us all less safe.

01:09From exposing our personal private information

01:12to leaving Americans abroad, stranded,

01:15to kicking our veterans to the curb.

01:17We deserve so much better than this.

01:20I yield back.

01:22The gentlelady yields.

Becca Balint Rails Against Elon Musk’s Actions Through DOGE: He ‘Has No Idea What He’s Doing’

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