Almost everyone on the Hill is talking about President Donald Trump’s emotional, barb-filled split with Elon Musk. But not Hakeem Jeffries at his Friday press conference.
The House Democratic leader repeatedly turned questions about Musk back to the reconciliation bill that is currently being negotiated in the Senate. He and other Democrats have spent weeks hammering Republicans for the cuts it would make, and it was clear he didn’t want to play a part in a Musk–Trump feud eating up all the oxygen.
“I have no specific observation as it relates to Elon Musk’s situation right now relative to the threats that are being made by his former ally Donald Trump, who he helped put in the White House,” Jeffries told reporters in response to a question about how the current and future administrations would approach Musk’s ubiquitous business empire. “That will all have to play itself out.”