Wisconsin US Senator Tammy Baldwin laughs off Elon Musk

Who?Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) LISTEN: Laslo & BaldwinAsk a Pol asks:What do you make of your Republican colleagues laughing Musk off, saying ‘he has nothing to do with our party’?Key Baldwin:“I think Elon Musk wearing a cheesehead in Green Bay on Sunday kind of flips that on its head,” Sen. Baldwin exclusively tells Ask a Pol.ICYMI — Rep. Bera blasts Musk Caught our ear:“$27 million, I think, is how much he spent trying to influence the outcome of this race,” Baldwin tells us. “The voters gave a direct repudiation of that.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Tammy BaldwinSCENE: As Sen. Tammy Baldwin makes her way through a sea of reporters the day after the Wisconsin election Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo is the first to greet her as she exits the underground Senate tram and makes her way to a bank of elevators underneath the US Senate. Tammy Baldwin: “$27 million, I think, is how much he spent a throughline to influence the outcome of this race…”Custodians come through with a heavy and loud cart. TB: “…that’s quite something, and I think the voters gave a direct repudiation of that.”Matt Laslo: “What do you make of your Republican colleagues laughing Musk off, saying ‘he has nothing to do with our party’?” TB: “I think Elon Musk wearing a cheesehead in Green Bay on Sunday kind of flips that on its head.”Find us on: Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!ML: “Right? Yes ma’am.”Baldwin entes an elevator. ML: “Go Bears!”TB: “What?!!!”Everyone laughs as elevator doors close. ML: “So sorry ma’am.” Reporter: “Had to slip that in.” Laslo laughs. ML: “Just got in her doghouse.” Everyone laughs. Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report. Content posted at AskaPolPolitics.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapolpolitics.com/subscribe