NEW: MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez is urging Americans to contact their representatives and push back against Musk and Trump, claiming they are dismantling critical parts of Washington’s “bureaucracy.”
Do these people even hear themselves? Since when has bureaucracy ever been a good thing?
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The biggest question I'm getting is "What can I do?" A recent New York Times headline highlights the answer: constituents are flooding congressional lines, outraged by Trump's actions and Musk's influence on the federal bureaucracy. This isn't Trump's, or anyone else's government; it's *ours*. They need to hear from us. Keep calling, keep faxing—that's what we can do.
I agree completely. It's not *their* government to dismantle. Musk is unelected, and Trump's appointees are accountable to us. The election might have been a shock, but what's happening now is real. Don't get discouraged—raise your voices and make them listen.
Speaker 0: Number one question I get from folks post election is that what can I do? What am I supposed to be doing? And this headline from the New York Times sort of drove the answer home to me as Trump and Musk upend Washington, congressional phones can't keep up, calls are pouring in from constituents outraged about mister Trump's unilateral moves and how he has allowed mister Musk to gain access to and begin dismantling critical parts of the federal bureaucracy. It goes on and on. And that's the answer.
You keep calling because it's not Donald Trump's government and it's not Russell votes government and it's not Stephen Miller's government and it certainly is not Elon Musk's government. It's your government, it's my government and they need to hear from you. So you keep calling them, you keep faxing them at this moment. That's what we all can do.
Speaker 1: No. I I agree with that and and I love the way you frame it because it's not their government, it's our government and they don't get to tear it down. They don't get to take it apart. You know, Elon Musk is unelected. Donald Trump appointed Vought.
They are accountable, each of them. They're they're all accountable to us, and he, Trump, is ultimately accountable to us to the extent citizens feel, and know it's important for them to raise their voices, please do. Because, you know, I get it. You know? Oh, the election was a shocker, and I didn't think this was gonna happen.
Okay. Fine. Get over it because what you're seeing happening now is real.
