Musk is close to Trump and oversees the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
Are you yourself scared of personal retribution?
Are you yourself fearful of your safety?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Kara Swisher at SXSWDeadline
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I dont know, she said.
Swisher called the Democrats response to Trumps speech Tuesday unfortunate.
Congressman Al Green heckled and was escorted out of the chamber.
Some Congresswomen wore pink.
People held up signs that said, Save Medicaid, Musk Steals, False.
There was some stony silence that seemed to annoy Trump.
I felt it was not an effective protest.
It is the Republicans who are empowering Elon Musk.
Republicans need to be called out, and Democrats are increasingly doing that.
Are we doing it enough?
Are we doing it loudly enough?
Have we done it as effectively as we need to?
But we are not through.
We are in this fight all the way because we understand the stakes.
Im not here to criticize people who are trying to find their way to fight back against Donald Trump.
Shoot, thats my whole point, that weve all got to find our way to fight back.
Do I want to see us coordinate and do I want to see us be effective?
Did you think that was effective?
Look, I did what I thought was the right response.
Elon sits next to him, stands next to him.
Those pictures have burned in our brains where Elon stands in the Oval Office and presides.
Your mom, whos been moved out of her nursing home.
He is now the face of it on behalf of Donald Trump.
So, I think this is a way we wedge in.
Swisher asked Warren why she had voted to confirm Rubio, a longtime colleague in the Senate.
Because the Marco Rubio that I voted for is not the Marco Rubio of six weeks later.
Im just going to be blunt.
Ive worked with Marco Rubio.
Ive seen what Marco Rubio stood up for.
I was wrong, she said, noting the dismantling of USAID, which falls under his purview.
She said Rubio bends the knee to Trump, like Republicans in Congress, tech CEOs and others.
This is money so little kids have access to medicine.
This is money to stop AIDS.
This is money to attempt to help starving people in the middle of a crisis.
Marco Rubio used to be strong for that.
Used to stand up for that sort of thing.
This is someone who thought that the United States should play on an international stage.
