Reacting to Elon Musk being the focus of voter anger at a Georgia town hall that had Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) being shouted down by voters from his district, longtime political observer Elisabeth Bumiller claimed the billionaire made matters worse for Donald Trump and Republicans with his appearance at CPAC on Thursday night.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Bumiller followed MSNBC's Ali Vitali noting that a McCormick constituent accused Musk of using a "chainsaw" to destroy government services which was followed on Thursday night with the unelected billionaire brandishing one when he took the stage at the far-right conservative conference.
According to the journalist, that image will be used by Democrats to bedevil Republicans already on their heels defending the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts.
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Co-host Joe Scarborough promoted his guest by noting that "you can talk generally about balancing the budget, you can talk generally about reducing the workforce and, again we're talking about what amounts to about 9 to 10 percent of the budget."
"But when those cuts, that general idea turns into specific cuts that impact working Americans and middle class Americans? Boy, you have scenes like the congressman had last night and I suspect we'll start seeing much like we did in 2009 when Barack Obama started to roll out the possibility that Americans may not be able to visit their own doctor anymore if the ACA passed," he added.
"Yes," Bumiller agreed. "And actually, that photograph of Elon Musk with the chainsaw and the hat and the sunglasses –– that's political. That's a political problem for the administration."
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