Rep. Jasmine Crockett Open to Meeting with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
Congressional Republicans are set to work closely with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who are co-leading President-elect Donald Trump’s newly formed spending cuts project, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The DOGE duo made the rounds on Capitol Hill, meeting with Senate DOGE Caucus members and House GOP leaders and House DOGE Caucus representatives.
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace asked Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat, if she would be willing to meet with Musk and Ramaswamy about the DOGE framework. Crockett responded, “Oh, I would meet. Now, I don’t know that they want to meet with me. I would, absolutely. You know, listen, if they are going to have this little DOGE commission or whatever it is they are calling it, I absolutely want to understand as much about it as I can so that I can report back.”
Crockett compared the rationale for meeting with Musk and Ramaswamy to her previous visit to see January 6 defendants in jail. “It’s kind of like that time that we had to go and see the January 6ers at the jail, I had to show up to make sure that the truth was going to be reported,” she said. “So, absolutely, come and see me, guys, and let’s have a talk so I can make sure that the truth is in the atmosphere.”
Crockett was one of two Democrats who joined a group of Republican members of the House Oversight Committee in touring a Washington D.C. jail in March 2023, where some January 6 defendants were being held. At the time, she said, “Somebody’s got to be here to tell the truth. If we weren’t here, there would be no check for whatever it was that they [Republicans] said.”