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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Is the GOP Afraid of Elon Musk?! - With The Bulwark's Joe Perticone

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Don is joined by National Political Reporter for The Bulwark Joe Perticone to dive into the relationship between Elon Musk and GOP members of Congress. Publicly, Republican lawmakers have been praising Elon, but privately, they are expressing concerns about DOGE's reach. Tune in for a critical conversation you won't want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.1

Because you know they will say one thing in public and do another thing in private, as we saw with Donald Trump

0:54.7

in both 2016, 2020, and 2024.

0:58.8

So this article caught my eye.

1:01.3

It's from the bulwark, and it is Joe Perticoan.

1:04.4

And the article says, the GOP says they love Elon.

1:08.6

Privately, they're expressing concerns. Joe Perticokeone joins me now.

1:14.2

Hi Joe. How are you? Thanks for joining.

1:16.2

I'm doing great. How are you?

1:18.0

So talk to me about this. Is this different than with Trump where his supporters or consultants

1:27.0

would say one thing in a green room during the election and then another

1:30.6

when they got in front of cameras about and are they doing the same thing with Elon Musk now?

1:35.2

Is it different?

1:36.2

I think it's a little bit different and a bit more severe and a bit more craven because it's not

1:41.8

really them saying on Fox or on Twitter that, you know, they love what he's doing and then

1:47.9

going back to their closed door meetings with each other and bashing him. Instead, it's them responding to

1:54.4

constituents. So we got our hands on more than a dozen letters from people who reach out to their

2:00.5

member of Congress or their

2:01.5

senator, either by phone or email or whatever, being like, what are you doing?

2:06.2

What is Elon doing?

2:07.7

Is my data secure?

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