Elon Musk rallies support for DOGE at Wisconsin campaign event

Elon Musk began and ended his town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday by urging attendees to back conservative Brad Schimel in the state's high-stakes Supreme Court election Tuesday.

Elon Musk began and ended his town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday by urging attendees to back conservative Brad Schimel in the state's high-stakes Supreme Court election Tuesday.

But the bulk of Musk's nearly two-hour event was ultimately focused not on the off-year election that he has poured millions of dollars into — which he said could "affect the entire destiny of humanity" — but rather the work of his Department of Government Efficiency, as he outlined its purpose and defended its work against naysayers who've questioned the constitutionality of the sweeping cuts to the federal government overseen by the group.

"The very simple, straightforward goal of the DOGE team is to get rid of waste and fraud. It's mostly waste. It's or, depending on how, you know, I'd say it's probably 80% waste, 20% fraud, something like that," he said.

There has been broad backlash to how DOGE has enacted its sweeping cuts to the federal government’s workforce and spending, with an NBC News poll this month finding a majority of voters have negative views of both Musk and the entity he helped create.

In an apparent effort to change the perception of DOGE, Musk said its work could ultimately curb inflation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-wisconsin-rally-brad-schimel-rcna198801

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