https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/20/congress/dem-gavels-elon-musk-01127662
(In case you’re apprehensive about visiting a POLITICO link, which is understandable, I copied the article here. The gist of the article is that Democrats, liberals, socialists, progressives, the DSA, communists, etc., all hate Musk with a vengeance because of his association with Trump, MAGA, DOGE, and all that is good with America)
Capitol agenda: Dem gavels are coming for Elon Musk.
Democrats have long eyed investigating the world’s richest man and the GOP’s top donor. They may get their chance if they win back congressional power in November.
Elon Musk is facing a gauntlet of Democratic oversight.
Democrats have long eyed investigating the world’s richest man and the GOP’s top donor. They may get their chance if they win back congressional power in November, and senior members are mulling how a range of panels could target Musk and a huge swath of his businesses.
Their list of potential probes is growing.
Some members are eager to dig into Musk’s possible role last week in throttling crucial internet access to the Ukrainian military as President Donald Trump seeks to pressure the country into cutting a peace deal with Russia.
“What happens when one guy gets a giant contract from the government and then uses it to do something that shuts down communication in a war that has been extremely important to the United States to support Ukraine?” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said in an interview.
The incident is one of a glut of alleged conflicts of interests members cited as ripe for oversight, as Musk’s companies like SpaceX and Tesla rake in multibillion dollar federal contracts and subsidies.
“The sheer number of conflicts of interest are astounding,” top Space, Science and Technology Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.
Spokespeople for Musk did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Members of House Oversight and other panels also want to examine Musk’s role in eliminating over 250,000 federal jobs during his time at DOGE, withholding congressionally appropriated money and accessing sensitive government data.
“Congress must demand a full accounting of the damage Mr. Musk and DOGE caused, and we will not let anyone obstruct our oversight,” House Foreign Affairs ranking member Rep. Greg Meeks said in a statement Monday, referring to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency Musk headed last year.
Meeks named Musk’s part in “the cruel dismantling of USAID” as a prime target for his panel next year.
Some Democrats are not waiting for gavels: House Homeland Security Democrats demanded last month Musk testify under oath about a watchdog report claiming DOGE overstated its savings. And Ways and Means Democrats called for an investigation into the group’s alleged data theft from Social Security records.
But even members on panels with less obvious ties to the tech mogul are eyeing targets. Rep. Maxine Dexter, who sits on Natural Resources and Veterans Affairs, said she sees Musk among “the well-connected billionaire, trillionaires who have seen government contracts as a way to subsidize their own company’s research, development, and bottom line.”
“We need to shut that down,” she said.
Which is funny because, as he admitted, he was a moderate who was generally a little to the left on most causes. It was the crazy left who kept getting crazier that first attacked him for not being as crazy as they were, then drove him to the right. They created him. Now they hate him.
ReplyDeleteAs far as our side goes, he is still most likely a moderate and would probably disagree with some of our more right wing crazy, but that's ok.
I agree with that whole statement, Don. I'm SO glad the left does everything they can to eat their own and therefore turned him ... if that wasn't where he was going to end up anyway.
Deleteif anything doge underestimated the level of fraud.
ReplyDelete"if anything doge SERIOUSLY underestimated the level of fraud." - FIFY
DeleteMusk makes much of his money from government contracts and uses a significant amount of it to prevent democrats from reaching political power. He has spent well over $500 million dollars in the last 2 cycles.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you expect democrats would not go after him? It is a matter of survival for them.
Also the whole Ukraine Starlink saga was a massive shot in the foot for Musk.
No private person should have the power to interfere in USA foreign policy plus it opened the eyes of the world to the fact that they can't trust their security to Starlink working. As of this week every country in the world is looking at how they can get themselves off Starlink. Russia is already developing their own network, Europe will start soon. Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada and others will follow
I don't think you have any realistic idea where Musk's money comes from. A quick search shows that most of his income comes from the many extremely successful companies he has started. (Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, The Boring Company, Neuralink, etc.)
DeleteDon't make assumptions you're not qualified to make ... I never said that that I didn't expect Democrats to go after him ... I TOTALLY expected them to go after him. I care not for their survival.
"As of this week every country in the world is looking at how they can get themselves off Starlink."
Where did you get that nugget from ... POLITICO?
I'm not sure if you or I know the whole story on the Ukraine Starlink story yet so I'm gonna take your assessment with the "anonymous" grain of salt that it warrants.