Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) delivered a brief and blunt message to tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday when approached by a reporter outdoors the Capitol.
“If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say?” the reporter requested, in a clip now broadly circulated on social media.
“F— off,” Crockett responded.
The Hill has reached out to Crockett’s workplace for additional remark.
Crockett has develop into a number one voice amongst Democrats pushing again in opposition to strikes taken by the Trump administration and by Musk, in his capability as senior adviser to President Trump and the determine head behind the trouble to root out waste, fraud and abuse from the federal authorities.
She is vice rating member on the Home Oversight Committee and serves on the Oversight subcommittee on the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE).
