{"id":1825815,"date":"2023-01-27T08:22:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825815"},"modified":"2023-01-27T08:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:23:20","slug":"elon-musk-meets-with-kevin-mccarthy-and-hakeem-jeffries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-meets-with-kevin-mccarthy-and-hakeem-jeffries\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Meets With Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-meets-with-kevin-mccarthy-and-hakeem-jeffries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Elon-Musk-and-Kevin-McCarthy-Getty-Images-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Twitter CEO Elon Musk visited Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with Kevin McCarthy (R. CA) to discuss the potential of Twitter. \u201cfair to both parties,\u201d Musk made these comments on his social media platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Musk also mentioned that he met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffreys (D-NY). McCarthy claimed that Jeffries&#8217; meeting with Musk was unplanned.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3832521-musk-huddles-with-mccarthy-speaks-briefly-with-jeffries-in-quick-capitol-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered<\/a>\u00a0According to the report, the pair was introduced to each other while they were in his office. <em>Hill<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust met with @SpeakerMcCarthy &#038; @RepJeffries to discuss ensuring that this platform is fair to both parties,\u201d Musk\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1618747157963735040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were just met <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJeffries<\/a> To discuss how to ensure that the platform is fair for both sides<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mr. Tweet (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1618747157963735040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to meeting with McCarthy and Jeffries, Breitbart News observed Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) entering McCarthy\u2019s office after Jeffries had left. Jordan spent nearly an hour in the speaker\u2019s office while Musk was still there.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, who will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/10\/house-creates-church-style-panel-on-weaponization-of-the-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chair<\/a> Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government stated that he will investigate the \u201cTwitter files,\u201d Included their revelations that the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/12\/20\/twitter-files-fbi-paid-company-3-4-million-in-tax-dollars-for-administration-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid<\/a> Twitter $3.4 million to work with the agency<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, who turns 58 on Thursday, joked that Musk had visited Capitol Hill to wish him happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came to wish me happy birthday,\u201d McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-01-26\/elon-musk-meets-with-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-on-capitol-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> while emerging from the speaker\u2019s office, according to Bloomberg. \u201cWe\u2019ve been friends for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk is a \u201clongtime McCarthy donor,\u201d According to the outlet, McCarthy hosted a Republican retreat in Wyoming last summer that Musk attended.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy answered a reporter&#8217;s question about whether he had spoken with Musk regarding the debt ceiling. \u201cNo,\u201d per Bloomberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk visited Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with Kevin McCarthy (R. CA) to discuss the potential of Twitter. \u201cfair to both parties,\u201d Musk made these comments on his social media platform. Musk also mentioned that he met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffreys (D-NY). 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