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Elon Musk on Government Reform
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Claimed without evidence that noncitizens are voting
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency he leads claim to have unearthed evidence to prove a longstanding conspiracy theory about Democrats orchestrating illegal voting
by noncitizens on a scale large enough to swing national elections in their favor. But voting experts say the claims are highly dubious, and DOGE hasn't released any evidence.
Source: FactCheck.org on 2024-2025 Trump Transition
, Apr 17, 2025
FEMA is broken: shut it down entirely
Q: On X this morning, Elon Musk said, "FEMA is broken," in response to the suggestion that he shut down FEMA entirely. FEMA is funded by Congress, including by laws you voted for when you were in Congress. Can and should Donald Trump shut it down?
DHS Secy. NOEM: He can, and I believe that he will do that evaluation with his team. He will work with Congress, though, to make sure that it's done correctly, and that we're still there to help folks who have a terrible disaster or crisis in their life.
But there's a lot of fraud and waste and abuse out there.
Q: If the president came to you and said, "you're my DHS secretary, do you think I should get rid of FEMA, what would you say?
NOEM: I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today.
We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California. But you need to let the local officials make the decisions on how that is deployed.
Source: CNN SOTU 2025 interview on Trump Cabinet
, Feb 9, 2025
Suggested government pause enforcement of some regulations
Musk and Ramaswamy, whom President-elect Donald Trump named to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, asserted in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that Trump could "immediately pause the enforcement" of rules that his
team deems are unneeded or harmful. "This would liberate individuals and businesses from illicit regulations never passed by Congress and stimulate the U.S. economy," they wrote.
Source: Politico.com on 2024 Trump Transition
, Nov 27, 2024
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