Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump’s top adviser, Elon Musk, is conducting an audit of government agencies that “is very healthy” for the United States.
Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, has come under fire over his attempts to gain access to sensitive data from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service as part of his efforts to reduce government spending.
Owens said on “National Report” that Democrats’ opposition to Elon Musk is not a winning strategy “because American people are tired of working hard and finding out there’s no return on investment,” going on to describe Musk’s actions as an “audit” that the United States government has “not had for over 200 years. And this is very healthy.”
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