Decorated combat veteran, ER physician, and former Tennessee State Senator, Mark Edward Green: “Elon Musk does have a security clearance. He has a top secret security clearance for by God, he makes the rockets for NASA. But the suggestion that he somehow can’t be trusted to dig into how we’re spending our money is nothing but a smoke screen to hide the corruption and the wasteful spending that has occurred there.

“And I am personally offended at the left’s continued references to 19 year olds and 21 year olds in there doing work. There are 19 year olds who have won the Medal of Honor defending this country.”