Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said on a podcast that Democrats should lay the groundwork for nationalizing SpaceX and Starlink if they win the White House, according to PJ Media. "Defund Musk. I mean this," Reich told host Heather Lofthouse on The Coffee Klatch. "If we have a Democratic administration - and the Democrats ought to be starting this, not just with oversight hearings, but also laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink and SpaceX. Nationalize it."

His case rests on money and power. "It should be a public corporation," Reich said. "We should not ever have that kind of power in one person's hands, one private person's hands." He claimed that 75% of Musk's wealth depends on taxpayers who are buying Starlink systems for the Department of Defense, a figure none of the coverage checks.