Overall, it was fairly unsatisfying. Rutherford was polite, parroted Republican talking points, is very anti-immigrant, and didn’t even seem up to date with current events such as the firing of 60,000 from the DOD. He did not feel Musk was doing anything wrong or unusual, nor did he feel there had been executive overreach. He tried to say that Trump is bringing business back to the US, and he prevaricated about a tax cut for the rich.
Rutheford was strongly opposed to pardoning the Jan 6 rioters. He said he had posted a public statement criticizing this, but he refused to have a follow up statement. He also declined joining us in the Town Hall. We pushed him hard, but it mostly fell on deaf ears. He did invite us back for a future chat.
