Former Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a CNN panel Friday that he “candidly” said the federal government needs “shock value” to solve its spending crisis.
House lawmakers averted a government shutdown Friday evening after chaos erupted Tuesday over the 1,574-page continuing resolution (CR), which contains provisions that could waste hundreds of billions of dollars. On “Erin Burnett Outfront,” guest host Sarah Sydnor asks Pawlenty about her thoughts on Elon Musk’s involvement in introducing the bill, citing allegations that Musk spread false information online. asked.
Sydnor cited three of Musk’s claims on X (formerly known as Twitter) and said “many different news outlets” had labeled them false. However, the CNN host did not identify any of those news organizations.
“It’s not clear whether he knew or didn’t know whether they were false or not. I just want to believe and hope he didn’t know,” Pawlenty said. “But the truth is, when you’re out in public and have this much influence, even indirectly or unofficially, you have to be responsible for your words and do your best to be accurate. “And ethical in that regard.” So the sequence of events you just described is unfortunate. ”
“But I don’t want to lose sight of something else that’s big, and that’s that our country, our Congress, our federal government is facing big problems on every front,” Pawlenty said. he added. “Is Elon Musk a bit of an oddball? Yes. Is he good? Yes. Is he going to come around and say or do things that make some people nervous? Yes. .
Mr Pawlenty told the committee that the federal government was “out of control” and warned that it may soon be unable to “fund” unless significant changes are made. (Related: FMR RNC communications director points out Congress’ ‘failure’ with failed ‘labor spending process’)
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“But frankly, to be very frank, we need shock value in our federal government. It’s out of control. We’re heading into a very difficult situation for a variety of reasons. But one of them is deficits and debt,” Pawlenti said. “Unless someone takes up this challenge in a big and substantive way, we won’t even be able to fund ourselves in the not-too-distant future.”
“Again, it’s imperfect. But if you go with the usual people, you’ll get the usual results. Now we have an unusual leader trying to do something unusual.” Pawlenty said.
After the first spending bill was released, Republicans expressed concerns about supporting the bill, and many voiced criticism. By Wednesday, Republican lawmakers had submitted a revised version that pared down the 1,574-page document to 116 pages. However, the new bill still failed to pass because dozens of Republicans opposed the bill.
By Friday evening, lawmakers had finally passed Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending bill. invoice After a second amendment, the final vote was 366-34.
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