“Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people. The president of the United States is Donald Trump, and the agency heads are the ones who manage each of their departments. You do your best every day. What they’re trying to do is rein in government, right?
“Are they going to be perfect? No one is perfect. When they make a mistake, are they going to fix it? Yeah. When Donald Trump took office, I can just tell you my experience: there was no accountability in government and there was no transparency.
“That’s what Elon Musk, that’s what agency heads, that’s what Donald Trump is trying to bring to the table. And they’re going to do it.” – Sen. Rick Scott, denying reports of an Oval Office blowup between Musk, Rubio, and Duffy.