Vice President J.D. Vance says Elon Musk has made some “mistakes” in firing thousands of federal workers but that “I’m accepting of mistakes.”

“Elon himself has said that sometimes you do something, you make a mistake, and then you undo the mistake,” Vance said in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News published on Friday.

“I also think you have to quickly correct those mistakes. But I’m also very aware of the fact that there are a lot of good people who work in the government — a lot of people who are doing a very good job,” the vice president added.

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