‘We Were Locked Out’: Democrats Report Being Denied Entry to More Federal Buildings
Lawmakers are seeking accountability for Elon Musk
Congressional Democrats are reporting that the Trump administration is barring their entry to a growing number of federal buildings around the nation’s capital.
Earlier this week, Democratic lawmakers were denied entry to the US Treasury Department. By Friday, additional Democrats were saying that they were kept out of the federal Education Department and the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well.
Democrats have been trying to visit these sites around Washington DC since billionaire Elon Musk has been taking over and disrupting these federal agencies at the direction of Donald Trump.
Rep Maxine Waters (D-Calif) appeared Friday by phone on MSNBC as she and others were prevented from entering the Education Department.
“As you know, we had thousands in front of the Treasury Department just two days ago. We were locked out,” Waters said. “This is where Elon Musk had gone in and has access to all of the payment systems in this country, and has all of the access to all of our private information, the Social Security numbers on everybody in this country, all of what is happening with the tax revenue, on and on and on, all of the bills to be paid. He has all of that.
“Elon Musk is basically a government gangster who’s acting as faux president of the United States of America, and he is wreaking havoc on this country,” she added.
At the prompting of the MSNBC host, Waters confirmed that Musk — who prominently backed Trump ahead of the November election — now has access to the tax ID and Social Security numbers of the American people.
“Yes, ma’am. We know that he’s in possession of it. Yes,” the congresswoman said.
Waters was asked what Musk will do with that data.
“Well, you know, with all of the private information that he has, he can do anything that he wants to do. I think he’s capable of monetizing it,” Waters said. “He has every database to put together that he wants that is available to him, with all of this information, to do anything that he wants to do with it. He could turn it into market opportunities, etc, etc.
“I don’t trust him. He’s the richest man in this country,” she added.
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