You know, really the whole setup. Maggie, you talked about, you know, Elon Musk claiming and disclaiming that he's an employee is because There have been very strict rules as to what federal employees can do, what access or information that they can have to classified information, and [Elon Musk] doesn't meet those criteria at all. You know, I'm a federal employee as Such I am an elected official and let me just say I can't earn $30,000 more than $30,000 beyond my taxpayer funded salary. (02:30–02:57)
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