Elon Musk scraps with Chuck Schumer, suggesting the senator profits from government fraud

Business tycoon Elon Musk floated the thought that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is someway profiting disconnected of authorities fraud, though the lawmaker has pushed back.

"Chuck, I’m starting to deliberation you’re getting a portion of the enactment with the authorities fraud. But no, that couldn’t perchance beryllium the reason, could it?" Musk posted aboriginal Tuesday morning.

Musk, who has been spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort to exposure waste, fraud and maltreatment successful the national government, made the remark successful effect to a Monday station successful which Schumer accused DOGE of "sabotaging" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — the station reflected sentiments Schumer had conveyed during a Senate speech.

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Elon Musk, left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images | Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Schumer fired back successful effect to Musk's proposition helium could beryllium benefiting from authorities fraud.

"Another Elon lie. He wants you to deliberation anyone who dares to basal up to him is committing fraud, meantime he’s taking tens of billions from the government," Schumer declared successful a station connected Tuesday.

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Early Tuesday morning, Musk fired disconnected a effect to a station successful which Schumer suggested that Musk is slashing Social Security benefits.

"Make nary mistake: What Elon Musk is doing astatine Social Security is cutting benefits," Schumer said successful a station connected Monday, which echoed his speech. 

"The intern moving Schumer’s societal media relationship is lying," Musk changeable backmost Tuesday connected X.

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During the speech, Schumer claimed that "Elon Musk is cutting Social Security benefits."

"When offices adjacent down, erstwhile websites crash, erstwhile telephone lines unopen off, that's nary antithetic than cutting benefits," Schumer said.