Elon Musk rips AOC’s ‘lies’ after she called billionaire ‘A**hole’

In a viral video, AOC told her audience, “We quote unquote, we have the money for a better and improved social safety net because we let assholes like Elon Musk undermine Medicaid and Social Security so he can pay for A, his own tax cuts, and B, his own billion dollars in private federal contracts.”

AOC was likely referring to the time Musk spent overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency, as appointed by President Donald Trump. The organization conducted an in-depth audit of government spending and suggested areas where budget cuts should be made.

However, the Trump Administration has not made any beneficial changes to Medicaid or Social Security on DOGE advice.

AOC added: “This man is taking billions and billions of your tax dollars, of your public resources. They’re robbing us of the little pieces of what we have left in our collective public social safety net.”

Musk’s company, Tesla, has contracts worth more than $38 billion with the US government as of February 2025. The Washington Post.