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Greg Casar: “Elon Musk is firing veterans, taking their salaries and…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Democratic Party's Internal Debate on Elon Musk and Working Class Identity

Published | Video Starts at 01:38

And I and others were really clear that we want to reclaim the working class mantle of the Democratic Party and be a popular populist party again. There's no better opportunity than to go after the richest man on earth who Elon Musk is firing veterans, taking their salaries and stealing that money for himself and for his own contracts. There's no better villain than Elon Musk, who makes $8 million a day off of federal government contracts, who's then going out and calling Social Security recipients and Medicaid beneficiaries moochers. (01:38–01:51)

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Asserts that Elon Musk is involved in unethical practices against veterans for personal gain.

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