Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., on Newsmax Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s top adviser Elon Musk, slamming critics of his access to federal services as Democrats being “sore losers.”
Musk, the head of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently gained access to federal financial and data systems at the Treasury Department and the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, the foreign aid agency that Musk ordered to shut down. DOGE, an advisory body, is not an official government agency.
When asked on “Newsline” about the controversy over Musk, Johnson said, “Democrats are sore losers. They are the party of big government. They recognize Elon Musk is a genius. Organizationally, he knows how to dramatically reduce the cost of, for example, shooting a rocket into space.”
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