Former congresswoman Liz Cheney took a jab at billionaire political adviser Elon Musk after he amplified a post on X that correlated Cheney’s disdain for President Donald Trump to her time working in the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Liz Cheney takes a swipe at Elon Musk's citizenship as pair trade blows on X Cheney undermined Musk’s knowledge of the U.S. by calling out his 22-year-long citizenship.
Now Musk is using Cheney’s former employment with USAID against her as he makes a case to revoke authority from the foreign aid agency.
Cheney, a Republican and the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, worked in the USAID before attending law school.
This past week, Musk and his team in the Department of Government Efficiency, a informal organization within the Executive Office, have sought to get rid of the federal agency, believing it wastes money and needs to be subject to more oversight.
