‘This Dude is Not Smart!’ AOC Calls ‘Morally Vacant’ Elon Musk ‘One of the Most Unintelligent Billionaires That I Have Ever Met’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called Elon Musk “one of the most unintelligent billionaires” she’s ever seen as she objected to his role in President Donald Trump’s administration.

In a post to her Instagram account, Ocasio-Cortez ripped into Musk amid reports he and his team have gained access to federal payment records. Musk is leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is meant to find trillions of dollars in savings for the federal government.

“This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Musk, she argued, does not do his “homework” and is ill-equipped to have anything to do with government agencies. Eventually, the congresswoman said, they’ll “hit a button and things can sideways.”

“They don’t do their homework, clearly. Like, they’re putting 19 year olds in at the treasury. This dude is not smart. And the danger is not in the lack of intelligence and the lack of expertise that Elon has,” she said. “I mean, this guy is one of the most morally vacant, but also just least knowledgeable about these systems that we really know of. But the point is that what that means is that they’re going to hit a button. Inevitably, they are going to hit a button and things can go sideways.”

Ocasio-Cortez has been especially critical of Musk in recent weeks, including accusing him of giving a Nazi salute at a Trump rally.

“This is the United States of America. And I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind a presidential seal. In this country, we hate Nazis,” she said. “Kind of like a foundational, defining thing.”