House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government
and hurt everyday Americans all across this country.
Are you frustrated?
I'm very frustrated.
Can you tell?
But I'm frustrated with a smile.
I mean, are you frustrated with the, with the president-elect?
With the president-elect?
I'm I'm frustrated with with his team to to not
have engaged sooner than this.
I was communicating with Elon last night.
Elon and Vivek and I are on a text chain
together and I was explaining to them the background of
this.
And Vivek and I talked last night about almost midnight,
and he said, look, I get it.
He said we understand you're in an impossible position.
Everybody knows that.
They understand the situation.
They said it's not directed to you, Mr.
Speaker, but we don't like the spending.
I said, guess what, fellas?
I don't either.
If it weren't so deadly serious, it would actually be
funny.
I mean, it's hard to know what the right metaphor
is.
Is it the, you know, gang that couldn't shoot straight?
Is it the Keystone Cops?
Is it the clown car?
Whatever it is, the toddlers are clearly running the kindergarten
over at the House Republican caucus.
House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government
and hurt everyday Americans all across this country.
An agreement is an agreement.
It was bipartisan and there was nothing more to say.
It's not Donald Trump asking for this.
It's very clearly President Elon Musk asking for this.