Jesse Watters and his The Five co-host Jessica Tarlov went head to head over the swirling rumor that Elon Musk earns $8million a day from government cuts.
Jesse Watters and Jessica Tarlov clash over Musk on The Five
Jessica Tarlov and Jesse Watters certainly did not see eye-eye when it came to Elon Musk’s salary rumors.
This month, social media claims circulated alleging that billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk, who was hired by President Donald Trump to root out government waste and fraud, was himself making a whopping $8 million per day from federal contracts.
The “$8 million per day for government contracts” bombshell was originally dropped by U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat, during a House Oversight Committee subcommittee hearing on February 12.
“Do you know how much money a day Mr. Musk will receive from the federal government?” he asked, retorically adding: “The answer is $8 million a day. Just last year, he was promised $3 billion from close to 100 contracts with the federal government.” A White House official has since blasted Casar’s claim as incorrect but didn’t elaborate on why or what a correct figure might be.
The topic of Musk’s alleged wages was discussed during Thursday’s installment of Fox News’ The Five.
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Panelist and Democrat Jessica Tarvlov kicked off the discussion by saying: “I think this is a positive sign for Democrats, though, because there seems to be a bit of coalescing around a message that is resonating.
“So Hakeem Jeffries gave a press conference today. He had up two signs, and one of them says ‘Elon Musk is making $8 million a day in government contracts. The average Medicaid recipient gets $65 a day’. And we know in the new spending bill that speaker Johnson put forward, that narrowly passed the House, that you’re going to –,” Jessica continued as her co-star Jesse Watter could be heard loudly yawning off camera.
“Why are you–? This actually matters to people,” Jessica fumed as she gestured to Jesse beside her.
Mocking his co-star, Jesse quipped: “This is a great new message and I’m bored,” as he flapped his hands around. Jessica fired back: “You get bored the second I open my mouth!”
Brushing off Jesse’s remarks, Jessica continued: “No, but it does matter to say that somebody who is running the government in a serious capacity and is supposed to be rooting out. waste, fraud, and abuse is making $8 million a day and they want to cut your Medicaid.
“And you know how serious the threat is because Josh Hawley, of all people, is saying that he will not allow that spending bill to go through the Senate; he says 21 percent of the people who live in his state are on Medicaid,” she added.
For once viewers appeared to be on the same page as Jesse, with one user @Airmale182 fumed: “For the love of all things tolerable, can someone @FoxNews find an opposition advocate that can make something other a ridiculous argument? She’s exhausting to listen to & requires an immediate change of the channel.”
A second person @DogRightGirl went as far as to say: “This is a flat out lie. There are ZERO cuts to Medicaid. You are a pathetic liar.”
“Fox needs to show you the door!” @ju31815 argued, with @CowboyPolitics_ blasting: “You LIAR, there’s not one cut to medicaid in the bill. Anyone can search the document and find out for themselves. You libs are all the same, pathetic liars.”
