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Greg Casar: “Elon Musk was promised $3 billion from close to 100…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:48

I'll ask you, Mr. Telkov, do you know how, how much money a day Mr. Musk will receive from the federal government for his contracts? No. The answer is $8 million a day. Just last year, Elon Musk was promised $3 billion from close to 100 contracts with the federal government [last year]. Ms. Royal, do you know how much the average person in this country who survives on Social Security, one of our seniors who's worked their entire life about how much they have to survive on a day? (02:48–02:57)

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Asserts that Elon Musk was promised $3 billion from nearly 100 federal contracts last year.

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