Democratic lawmaker open to ‘bipartisan cooperation’ in Elon Musk’s DOGE plans [Video]

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., insisted on Sunday there can be “bipartisan cooperation” to root out government inefficiency with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

ABC’s “This Week” host Martha Raddatz asked the Democratic lawmaker about recent discussions with Musk over President-elect Donald Trump’s push to cut government spending.

Although it remains a largely a Republican endeavor, Khanna was optimistic about working with Musk to address wasteful spending.

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“Well, there’s one area. Elon Musk was brilliant in that he worked with President Obama and Ash Carter to have Space X and that disrupted Boeing and Lockheed. We were getting ripped off, the American people, and putting satellites up to space. And President Obama, under his leadership, Ash Carter’s leadership, they said, Elon, with Space X, you can bid on launching these rockets. He had reusable rockets that—” Khanna said.

“Now go to your conversation with him,” Raddatz interrupted.

He continued, “Well, we’ve talked about that. …