A top U.S. government official, Sunday on CNN, made a curious argument defending Elon Musk having access to Americans' personal data. The post DHS Sec Kristi Noem Says ‘We Can’t Trust the Government Anymore’ — CNN’s Dana Bash Reminds Her ‘You Are the Government’ first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday delivered a succinct retort to United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after the Trump Cabinet member said, "you can't trust the government anymore." As Bash correctly put it,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tried to skate by on bog-standard conservative talking points during a stop by CNN on Sunday, but host Dana Bash wasn't willing to let them go. During a discussion of the Elon Musk -led Department of Government Efficiency,