This assertion was made during a conversation with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) concerning the Democrats' involvement in the upcoming spending bill negotiations.
According to Mediaite, Reid criticized the current state of governmental authority, pointing to Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency as the ultimate decision-makers. She questioned the relevance of passing a budget if Republicans have effectively relinquished control over fiscal decisions.
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"What’s the point of passing a budget if Republicans have already conceded that they are not in charge, that you or the Congress is not in charge of spending money?" Reid asked. "Elon Musk is. What’s the point of passing a budget if it’s really Elon Musk’s decision whether that budget is adhered to?"
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Jeffries, however, maintained that the narrow Republican majority in the House could potentially enable Democrats to prevent Trump from overreaching. "It only takes three House Republicans to do the right thing on behalf of the people that they represent," he stated. Reid, however, expressed skepticism about this possibility, citing a lack of Republican dissent.
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"But we’ve seen, Leader Jeffries, that there aren’t three. There aren’t any," she remarked. "If Donald Trump announced tomorrow that he was selling the United States to Vladimir Putin personally and that we will now be owned by the Kremlin, every single Republican would say, 'Yes, sir,' and vote for it."
