Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) reacts to Elon Musk attacking the Big Beautiful Bill.
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00:00Okay, so here's the thing, in many ways I agree with Elon when he's talking about the fiscal irresponsibility, inner debt, right?
00:09My issue is why wasn't he talking about this before the bill, right?
00:14Because those of us that were actually trying to make cuts, we could have used his support.
00:18And that actually might have helped us out quite a bit.
00:20And that's what frustrates me.
00:22Hey, if you're going to be in this fight, be in this fight when we need you, because we needed him.
00:26And if you look at those of us that were actually trying to make cuts, you know, we didn't get near what we would have liked to have gotten, all right?
00:35And that's my issue.
00:37If you're going to be in the fight, which he has been, be in the fight when we need you, all right?
00:42You call it a disgusting abomination.
00:44Well, when you look at the debt, right, and deficits, it's, you know, I'm not thrilled with it.
00:53And we didn't go nearly as far as I would have liked to have gone, right?
00:56And so that's the part, that's the part of it where, you know, many of us had an issue with it.
01:03And that's why many of us were trying to get more cuts.
01:07And this comes back from the Senate with the Medicaid work requirement deadline pushback,
01:13the IRA tax credits phase out, delayed, and further.
01:16Could you support some of that?
01:18I'd have a really tough time supporting you and you know, make those type of changes.
01:22Appreciate your time.