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BumRushDaShow

(153,938 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:45 PM 20 hrs ago

Democrats vow to leave "lunatic" Musk politically homeless

Source: Axios

4 hours ago


Democrats are making clear Elon Musk has no place in their party as the billionaire former DOGE head quickly becomes persona non grata among Republicans.

Why it matters: While Democrats are basking in Musk's open break with President Trump, they see little political value — and potentially great risk — in actually embracing him as an ally.

  • "Welcoming Musk back into the party would be Democrats shooing more working class voters away from the party," said Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar (D-Texas).
  • "Clearly calling out billionaire villains like Elon Musk works for us, and we should keep on doing what works."


  • Driving the news: Musk has abruptly tanked his standing in the GOP by going full bore against Trump and his "One Big, Beautiful Bill."

  • In posts on X this week, Musk called Trump's marquee legislation
    a "disgusting abomination" and claimed the president has suppressed the Epstein files because he is in them.
  • He even went as far as to express agreement with a post calling for Trump to be impeached and removed so Vice President JD Vance can take his place.


  • What they're saying: "We'll agree with him on some of the things he's saying, but embracing him is pretty out of the question. He's a lunatic," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios.

  • "I don't give a sh*t about Elon Musk," said Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.). "I just don't. We've got real problems."
  • "Personally, I don't associate myself with someone who does Nazi salutes in public," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
  • Said Rep. George Latimer (D-N.Y.): "If Elon Musk ... is going to have the same basic ideas, which is that everything [in the federal government] sucks and has to be killed, then I can't endorse that."


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/06/elon-musk-democrats-trump-jeffries-pelosi
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    Democrats vow to leave "lunatic" Musk politically homeless (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP
    Sell everything he owns and give it to the poor. multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #1
    Musk would never go back k_buddy762 19 hrs ago #2
    Chance of a snowflake (pun intended) in hell. usonian 19 hrs ago #3
    Aderall and money. More is never enough. multigraincracker 18 hrs ago #4
    Bad DOGE - No Biscuit DinahMoeHum 16 hrs ago #5
    Elon is like BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #6
    once you go Nazi there is no going back (nt) cadoman 13 hrs ago #7

    multigraincracker

    (35,764 posts)
    1. Sell everything he owns and give it to the poor.
    Fri Jun 6, 2025, 07:56 PM
    19 hrs ago

    Then you’ll be forgiven and then go and sin no more.

    usonian

    (18,087 posts)
    3. Chance of a snowflake (pun intended) in hell.
    Fri Jun 6, 2025, 08:26 PM
    19 hrs ago

    He's a nazi, apartheid hate machine, committed to ethnic purity more so than Hugo Drax.

    Apartheid
    https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219696928

    Elitist scum
    Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook
    https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220003654

    Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk 'Hijacking' Republicans to Control Entire US Government
    https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220008207

    These posts contain, or link to, important understanding of the twisted mentality of Elon and company.

    I'M READY (FOR THEM) TO RUMBLE

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