"The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school. Trump should stop him," Kamala Harris' vice presidential candidate Walz wrote criticizing Elon Musk and his DOGE's interference in administrative matters against which several Democratic leaders have spoken out expressing concern. "What's your name again? I forgot," Elon Musk replied directly to Walz.
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