Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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And we're pushing back against him.
Elon, stop being such a coward. You say that you are for maximum transparency, then get out of your bunker. And come over here where there are people who ask serious questions, not people who just suck up to you, but people have serious questions about what you're doing because you're affecting the lives of millions of people across this country in really terrible ways. And people want to know.
Elon, stop being such a coward. You say that you are for maximum transparency, then get out of your bunker. And come over here where there are people who ask serious questions, not people who just suck up to you, but people have serious questions about what you're doing because you're affecting the lives of millions of people across this country in really terrible ways. And people want to know.
Elon, stop being such a coward. You say that you are for maximum transparency, then get out of your bunker. And come over here where there are people who ask serious questions, not people who just suck up to you, but people have serious questions about what you're doing because you're affecting the lives of millions of people across this country in really terrible ways. And people want to know.
So why is it, for example, that you want to get rid of the one cop on the beat that protects Americans from scams? Is it because you want to launch X money? You've made that quite public. And if you do that, that would be the one cop that would make sure you have to follow the law. Are you just trying to push that cop out of the way before you start?
So why is it, for example, that you want to get rid of the one cop on the beat that protects Americans from scams? Is it because you want to launch X money? You've made that quite public. And if you do that, that would be the one cop that would make sure you have to follow the law. Are you just trying to push that cop out of the way before you start?
So why is it, for example, that you want to get rid of the one cop on the beat that protects Americans from scams? Is it because you want to launch X money? You've made that quite public. And if you do that, that would be the one cop that would make sure you have to follow the law. Are you just trying to push that cop out of the way before you start?
Or are you over at the CFPB rummaging through all of their data so that you can get the information the CFPB already has? on the other sites that would be like your ex money, those same peer to peer platforms. Are you going to just try to get all of your competitors information so you can decide how to exploit that for your own use?
Or are you over at the CFPB rummaging through all of their data so that you can get the information the CFPB already has? on the other sites that would be like your ex money, those same peer to peer platforms. Are you going to just try to get all of your competitors information so you can decide how to exploit that for your own use?
Or are you over at the CFPB rummaging through all of their data so that you can get the information the CFPB already has? on the other sites that would be like your ex money, those same peer to peer platforms. Are you going to just try to get all of your competitors information so you can decide how to exploit that for your own use?
Look, you want to be transparent, then show up and answer some real questions, serious questions about the kinds of changes you're trying to make to our government and to our country.
Look, you want to be transparent, then show up and answer some real questions, serious questions about the kinds of changes you're trying to make to our government and to our country.
Look, you want to be transparent, then show up and answer some real questions, serious questions about the kinds of changes you're trying to make to our government and to our country.
I do. I think that I think this is one of those things where they kind of build their alternative reality. And Elon spends all of his time with people who don't contradict it. The only people who contradict him are online. He's got his thumbs out and he can have a torrent of clever tweets and emojis and laugh and still
I do. I think that I think this is one of those things where they kind of build their alternative reality. And Elon spends all of his time with people who don't contradict it. The only people who contradict him are online. He's got his thumbs out and he can have a torrent of clever tweets and emojis and laugh and still
I do. I think that I think this is one of those things where they kind of build their alternative reality. And Elon spends all of his time with people who don't contradict it. The only people who contradict him are online. He's got his thumbs out and he can have a torrent of clever tweets and emojis and laugh and still
Just live in this completely cloistered environment where people say, yes, Elon, yes, Elon, yes, Elon. You know, Elon, there's a whole real world out here. And the real world has some serious questions about what you're up to.
Just live in this completely cloistered environment where people say, yes, Elon, yes, Elon, yes, Elon. You know, Elon, there's a whole real world out here. And the real world has some serious questions about what you're up to.
Just live in this completely cloistered environment where people say, yes, Elon, yes, Elon, yes, Elon. You know, Elon, there's a whole real world out here. And the real world has some serious questions about what you're up to.
Thank you for having me, Ben. Let's do it again.