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Another Democrat demonstrates her stupidity and ignorance, demanding NASA’s acting administrator revoke Musk’s access to headquarters

Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-New York)
Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-New York), describing
her terror when ordinary Americans walked through the
Capitol on January 6th, almost all of whom simply took
pictures. Click for video.

Proving she knows nothing about the Constitution and the powers it gives to the President, congresswoman Grace Meng (D-New York) earlier this week sent a letter to NASA’s acting administrator Janet Petro demanding that Petro revoke any access to the agency’s headquarters by Elon Musk as part of his work auditing government operations as part of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Meng’s letter [pdf] is quite entertaining, especially because it repeats the new Democratic Party talking point that somehow because DOGE employees, including Musk, were “unelected” their access is inappropriate. How stupid. Except for the president, everyone who works in the executive branch of government is “unelected.”

That Meng also thinks NASA’s acting administrator has the power to block access to someone hired specifically by the president to do this work shows us how ignorant she is of the Constitution and basic law. Petro can’t cancel Trump’s orders, even if she wants to. Trump is her boss, and if he tasks Musk and DOGE to audit NASA’s books, she must comply.

There is only one part of Meng’s demand that makes some sense, where she demands Petro “set clear and public ground rules” to keep Musk from getting access to proprietary information of other space companies. Musk certainly has a conflict-of-interest issue at NASA, and such rules make sense. I am also quite sure that Musk is well aware of this issue, and will purposely leave the DOGE audit to others.

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6 comments

  • If its Democrats, its related:

    HOW THE REFOUNDING OF AMERICA BEGINS

    “From what really happened to JFK and who was involved, to what really happened and who was involved in the 9-11 event and what led up to it, to Jeffery Epstein’s “little black book” and his private PEDO island. It is now all on the table. When you take the time to study these and many other events in American history you come to understand the difference between the necessary government narrative, and the cold and raw truth of the political power game.”

    “You have recreated, reenergized and refocused the Trump that now sits in the White House, you put him there! Should have just let him be if you wanted the Socialist status quo to continue and prevail. WELL, DONE!”

    https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/how-the-refounding-of-america-begins

  • Alton

    Note Every Federal Bank examiner has full access to Every Persons data all 340 million every day.

    Not only through the Federal Databases…
    But in every bank they enter…
    Full Access.

  • wayne

    Truly, only in America can the learning disabled rise to such a position.

    We have a unitary executive; we call The President. Trump is the Executive Branch and everyone who works in the executive branch by definition works for the President.
    And it’s the only office that is elected by the entire Country

    Alton–
    I try to use cash as much as possible. (tangentially, what are we doing about the 1 cent piece?) (Historically used so people could pay sales taxes…)

  • Richard M

    Apparently, some unelected people in government are more equal than others.

  • James Street

    Joe Rogan makes the good point that being one of the smartest autists on the planet, Elon Musk is the wrong psychopath to pick a fight with.

    “Joe Rogan on Elon Musk’s Critics: “You Picked the Wrong Psychopath on the Spectrum” [VIDEO]”
    30 seconds
    https://rumble.com/v6kbhny-joe-rogan-on-elon-musks-critics-you-picked-the-wrong-psychopath-on-the-spec.html?e9s=src_v1_upp
    (Language)

  • Milt

    James — Thank you for that. Even worse from the perspective of the left, both Elon Musk and Donald Trump would seem to exemplify Carlyle’s Great Man theory of history. This is, of course, anathema to the Marxists’ belief that only the “masses” (with a little guidance from the self-appointed, right-thinking elites) determine our destiny.

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