‘Such a Clown!’ GOP Governor Gets Absolutely Filleted for Arguing Elon Musk is Too Rich to Have Conflicts of Interest

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Republican New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu was blasted on social media Sunday after he told CNN Elon Musk was too wealthy to have conflicts of interest as a billionaire with government contracts and an influential figure in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming government.

Sununu argued to network anchor Dana Bash that Musk had not taken an interest in policy in order to acquire more wealth. The New Hampshire Republican argued:

The guy’s worth 450 billion as of today in this month. So I don’t think he’s doing it for the money. He’s doing it for the bigger project and the bigger vision of America. He doesn’t need the dollars. He really doesn’t. So it’s not about, if I get involved in this, I’ll get another little contract here or there. That’s. That’s nothing to him. So I like the fact that he in a way, he’s so rich, he’s so removed from the potential financial influence of it.

The clip attracted a backlash against Sununu. Here is a sample of some of the reactions:

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