Sen. Chris Van Hollen laid into Trump for his “great betrayal of the American people” by allowing Musk to illegally take a wrecking ball to our federal government.
During an appearance on this Sunday’s Face the Nation on CBS, host Margaret Brennan asked Van Hollen whether Democrats were being “too kneejerk to say that all this is unlawful.”
“No, this is unlawful,” Van Hollen rightfully responded. “In many of these cases, judges found that the plaintiffs did not have standing, but other parts of their opinion clearly indicated that Elon Musk did not have the authority to do what he’s doing. So we just talked about the great betrayal of the Ukrainian people. What we’re witnessing now is the great betrayal of the American people.”
“Candidate Trump said he was going to lower prices right now, what he’s doing is slashing important public services that help every American in order to finance a tax cut for the super rich, for Elon Musk and the billionaires.”
Brennan then asked Van Hollen about the emails that went out to federal employees, and management within the FBI and State Department telling employees not to respond to them. “Can people working at the State Department feel safe not responding? Are they putting their jobs at risk?”
