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Jessica Tarlov, the lone leftist panelist on Fox News’ “The Five,” attempted a gotcha moment with Elon Musk and his efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency but failed to land a punch.
Tarlov prefaced her question by proclaiming her family’s love for Tesla — as if that somehow proved her objectivity — and tried to corner Musk on the intersection of government contracts, regulatory scrutiny, and his companies’ subsidies. “You’ve been making cuts to a lot of the agencies that have open investigations and regulatory battles with your companies,” she said, spewing Democrat talking points. “At the same time, you continue to get billions in government contracts. Tesla gets billions in subsidies. How do you explain that to the American people?”
Of course, Musk didn’t hesitate to push back. “Well, everything that DOGE does is an open book,” he responded, dismissing any suggestion of impropriety. “I think [we’re] the most transparent organization in government ever. Every single DOGE action is listed on the doge.gov website. It’s also listed on the X handle. So if anyone has a concern about any one of those actions, they can bring that up; they can raise that.”
Rather than sidestep the question, Musk leaned into the idea of transparency and accountability. “I do wanna say, sometimes we make a mistake.
