Maryland attorney general on Elon Musk: This is a dangerous person in a very important position

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We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE. His response is cause for concern.
This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-elon-musk-treasury-speaker-johnson-payment-rcna191945

Maryland attorney general on Elon Musk: This is a dangerous person in a very important position
Feb. 17, 2025, 5:00 AM CST

By Rep. Judy Chu, representative for California's 28th congressional district and Rep. Gwen Moore, representative for Wisconsin’s fourth congressional district

Insults toward women in politics are nothing new, so we are wearing being called “rude,” “aggressive” and “unhinged” last week as a badge of honor.

This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy.

After reports began surfacing about Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Department of Treasury payment systems, our constituents were understandably alarmed. They bombarded our phones rightly demanding answers to why an unelected and unvetted billionaire — and other unqualified individuals with troubling backgrounds — was granted access to sensitive Treasury payment systems and the confidential, personal information contained within.

Does no one outside of Musk and his team know how this data is being handled and used? Is it being manipulated? Are back doors into the system being added? Where is any extracted data being maintained?

Protecting the systems’ integrity is a matter of national security, economic security and personal privacy.

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