{"id":1358,"date":"2025-02-07T18:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2025-02-07T18:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:56:11","slug":"maxine-waters-melts-down-during-tirade-against-trump-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=1358","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters Melts Down During Tirade Against Trump, Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters erupted in outrage Tuesday, screeching her disapproval of both President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk at an event in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>At a rally held by Democratic lawmakers protesting Musk\u2019s access to information at the Treasury Department, Waters accused him of overstepping his boundaries without the consent of voters during her speech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"v-conservativebrief-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div id=\"_vdo_ads_player_ai_6869\" class=\"vdo_video_unit vdo_floating\">\n<div id=\"cross_div\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div id=\"vdo_ai_cross\" class=\"cross\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><video id=\"vdo_ai_981_html5_api\" class=\"vjs-tech\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/h5.vdo.ai\/media_file\/v-conservativebrief\/source\/uploads\/videos\/172950760392671631130b205\" preload=\"true\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" muted=\"muted\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-control-bar\" dir=\"ltr\"><button class=\"vjs-play-control vjs-control vjs-button vjs-playing\" title=\"Pause\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"vjs-control-text\" aria-live=\"polite\">Pause<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-volume-panel vjs-control vjs-volume-panel-vertical\"><button class=\"vjs-mute-control vjs-control vjs-button vjs-vol-0\" title=\"Unmute\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"vjs-control-text\" aria-live=\"polite\">Unmute<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-volume-control vjs-control vjs-volume-vertical\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vjs-progress-control vjs-control\">\n<div class=\"vjs-progress-holder vjs-slider vjs-slider-horizontal\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"slider\" aria-valuenow=\"0.49\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-label=\"Progress Bar\" aria-valuetext=\"00:09 of 30:28\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"vjs-fullscreen-control vjs-control vjs-button\" title=\"Fullscreen\" type=\"button\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"vjs-control-text\" aria-live=\"polite\">Fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have got to tell Elon Musk that nobody elected your ass. Nobody told you you could get all of our private information. Nobody told you you could be in charge of the payments of this country,\u201d Waters yelled.<\/p>\n<p>While Musk was not actually elected, his boss \u2014 Trump \u2014 was, and by a significant amount over former Vice President Kamala Harris. Also, most senior advisors and Cabinet members of any administration were not elected, either, but serve at the pleasure of the president.<\/p>\n<p>Waters went on to baselessly accuse Musk of monopolizing on the earnings of ordinary Americans to fund SpaceX and his other business endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have told you that you\u2019ve made enough money off our government yourself, and now you want to take everybody else\u2019s payroll and make sure that they don\u2019t make the kind of money that you\u2019ve made. Oh, you want to use our money to go to Mars,\u201d Waters said.<\/p>\n<p>The millionaire congresswoman also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/02\/04\/maxine-waters-elon-musk-trump-dem-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complained<\/a> about Trump and other billionaires, claiming they are attempting to dominate the country\u2019s political and economic spheres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters erupted in outrage Tuesday, screeching her disapproval of both President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk at an event in Washington, D.C. 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