Fox News big Dana Perino ridiculed Sen. Elizabeth Warren connected Tuesday for a melodramatic code denouncing billionaire Elon Musk for moving wrong the authorities to chopped costs.
Warren joined Democrats astatine the Department of the Treasury to protestation Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency unit entree to the department's fiscal transactions.
'No 1 elected Elon Musk to nothing,' Warren cried astatine the rally.
'That's right. 'Not 1 Democrat successful America voted for Elon Musk. Not 1 Republican successful America voted for Elon Musk. Not 1 Independent successful America voted for Elon Musk. Not 1 Libertarian successful America voted for Elon Musk,' she continued. 'Damn not 1 vegetarian successful America voted for Elon Musk. And yet Elon Musk is seizing the powerfulness that belongs to the American people, we are present to combat back.'
During an appearance connected Fox News 'The Five' connected Wednesday, Perino pointed retired that erstwhile President Joe Biden made a bid of decisions about authorities backing that were not thing that the American radical supported.
'Elizabeth Warren besides said that Elon Musk wasn't elected, good neither were the radical who were shoveling each the payer dollars retired to wage for electrical conveyance credits,' she said. 'Who was elected that said it was good to raid the Medicare Trust money successful bid to wage for electrical conveyance credits.'
Perino noted that the Biden medication besides acted extracurricular of Congress to forgive assemblage pupil loans, an enactment that was deemed by the courts arsenic illegal.
'Even Nancy Pelosi said you couldn't bash that. Biden said I volition bash it and it didn't substance to him that it was illegal,' she said.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to a ample assemblage astatine the "Nobody Elected Elon" rally
A protester holds a motion arsenic demonstrators stitchery successful protestation of U.S. President Donald Trump extracurricular New York's City Hall, successful New York City
Republicans pushed backmost against the Democratic talking point, noting that Musk campaigned with Trump connected the thought of expanding authorities efficiency.
'They did nevertheless ballot for Donald Trump who promised repeatedly to person Elon Musk basal retired wasteful spending successful our government,' noted Vice President JD Vance connected societal media.
Musk and Trump archetypal discussed the thought of a committee focusing connected authorities ratio during a X.com Spaces speech successful August 2024 during the statesmanlike campaign.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk ticker the motorboat of the sixth trial formation of the SpaceX Starship rocket successful Brownsville, Texas,
.@DanaPerino calls retired Elizabeth Warren for criticizing @ElonMusk for not being elected.
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— Public Labor Unions Accountability Committee (@PLUACommittee) February 4, 2025Elon Musk arrives earlier the 60th Presidential Inauguration successful the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, DC.
'I deliberation it would beryllium large to person a authorities ratio committee that takes a look astatine these things and conscionable ensures that the taxpayers hard earned wealth is spent successful a bully way,' Musk said. 'And I'd beryllium blessed to assistance retired connected specified a committee if it were formed.'
'I'd emotion it,' Trump replied. 'You're the top cutter ... you would beryllium precise good.'
Trump and Musk cited Argentina's president Javier Milei's draconian authorities cuts arsenic an inspiration, noting his actions were palmy astatine fixing the country's economy.
'Argentina overnight is experiencing a elephantine betterment successful prosperity,' Musk said.