Rep. Clyburn: Elon Musk Is a ‘Very Astute Businessman’ but ‘He Is Not Good at Government and He Ought to Leave That Alone’

RUSH EXCERPT:

CLYBURN: "Well, you know, Elon Musk is a very smart man. He‘s a very rich man. Uh, the fact of the matter is, all of us have our roles to play, and we ought to really do what we can to play them well. And I do think that Elon Musk, though he‘s been a very astute businessman. He is not good at government, and he ought to leave that alone. This thing could have been done 24 hours earlier if he had not taken the government as a toy of his 100 tweets. Uh, in a few hours against legislation to help children to keep our farmers in business, to recover communities from disasters. Why would you do that? The government is not a toy. I think Elon Musk and a few others look upon this as some kind of a game that they want to play. We are playing with people‘s lives here and we as elected officials, uh, ought not be giving up our responsibilities to someone who has never been elected to anything, no matter how rich he is. Uh, that doesn‘t give him license to practice in a field--"