Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), chair of the House DOGE Caucus, said he was "hurting" after a feud broke out between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.
Bean told Nathaniel Reed of Scripps News that he hated to see Musk and Trump taking shots at each other on social media. The former DOGE administrator accused Trump of being part of the Jeffrey Epstein files, while the president threatened to end Musk's federal contracts.
"I hate to see it," Bean lamented. "I think America hates to see it. We've got two good friends fighting right now, so hopefully we can all take a break and just cool off a little bit."
"I, too, share disappointment in Elon, and hopefully we can repair it," he continued. "So let's hope that cooler heads will prevail and we can have a reunification party very soon."
At one point, an emotional Bean seemed to be at a loss for words.
"I just, again, it hurts me to see the back and forth on X," he said. "I haven't talked [to Musk] lately, but like I said, I'm hopeful and it just hurts."
"I think all of America is hurting right now," Bean added.
