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Peter Welch: “Elon Musk... has contributed $280 million to the Trump…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Floor Remarks on Trump’s Misguided Mandate.

Published | Video Starts at 04:20

He owns Twitter, which is a source of immense misinformation. He now is trying to buy ChatGPT. He has massive amounts of government contracts for Starlink and for his space program. And he Elon Musk... has contributed $280 million to the Trump campaign. And now, without any elected authority, without any advice and consent of the Senate on a position that is very powerful, the so called Doge administrator, he has access to the private information of millions of Americans. (04:20–04:47)

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