{"id":33485,"date":"2025-03-03T05:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=33485"},"modified":"2025-03-03T05:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:13:03","slug":"senators-sharp-reply-after-elon-musk-demands-to-know-what-she-got-done-last-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=33485","title":{"rendered":"Senator\u2019s sharp reply after Elon Musk demands to know what she \u2018got done last week\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk seems to be having \u201chis plate full\u201d running the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>When he was appointed the head of DOGE, the\u00a0<em>Tesla\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Space X\u00a0<\/em>owner announced cutting some $2 trillion off government spending. His latest move towards this goal includes a request to stuffers to send a five-point email explaining\u00a0what they\u2019d accomplished in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Federal staff were given until February 24 to respond to the quest. In his post on\u00a0<em>X,\u00a0<\/em>Musk added: \u201cFailure to respond will be taken as a resignation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the Department of Justice advised the recipients of the email not to respond \u201cdue to the confidential and sensitive nature of the Department\u2019s work\u201d, a source said.<\/p>\n<p>Several other agencies did the same, including The Department of Defense. FBI Director Kash Patel gave his employees similar directive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elon Musk DOGE email: Failure to respond a second time will end in termination | LiveNOW from FOX\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xdrfePigy3w?feature=oembed\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democratic senator Tina Smith called out Elon Musk for this request to roughly 2.4million people employed by the federal government.<\/h3>\n<p>Taking to\u00a0<em>X,\u00a0<\/em>a social media site owned by Musk, Senator Smith posted a screenshot of Musk\u2019s email and wrote: \u201cThis is the ultimate d**k boss move from Musk \u2013 except he isn\u2019t even the boss, he\u2019s just a d**k.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post she added: \u201cI bet a lot of people have had an experience like this with a bad boss \u2013 there\u2019s an email in your inbox on Saturday night saying, \u2018Prove to me your worthiness by Monday or else.\u2019 I\u2019m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire a**hole bosses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk was quick to respond to Smith\u2019s post, writing, \u201cWhat did you get done last week?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith replied: \u201c@ElonMusk I hate to break it to you but you aren\u2019t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Musk, a number of employees have responded to his email even before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Patty Murray joined Smith in calling Musk out. \u201cSpending isn\u2019t a \u2018conspiracy\u2019 just because Musk doesn\u2019t know how to read \/\/usaspending.gov,\u201d Murray wrote on\u00a0X. \u201cA program isn\u2019t waste just because it doesn\u2019t help the richest man in the world. It isn\u2019t fraud because he doesn\u2019t like it. A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk defended his act, calling it \u201ca very basic pulse check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk seems to be having \u201chis plate full\u201d running the Department of Government Efficiency. 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