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applegrove

(124,073 posts)
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 04:56 AM Sep 2024

Elon Musk's Trump Endorsement May Have Backfired

Elon Musk’s Trump Endorsement May Have Backfired

September 1, 2024 at 10:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 76 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/01/elon-musks-trump-endorsement-may-have-backfired/

"SNIP..........

“Elon Musk’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump was meant to buoy the candidate’s chances in November. But more than a month after Musk officially put his weight behind Trump, a series of Democratic attacks have suggested that the endorsement has exposed a vulnerability,” NBC News reports.

“Since the tech billionaire endorsed Trump on July 13, the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly attacked Musk for his anti-worker stances. The campaign has called Musk and Trump ‘self-obsessed rich guys’ and reposted audio from an event on Musk’s social media app, X, in which the two laugh together about firing striking workers.”

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Elon Musk's Trump Endorsement May Have Backfired (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2024 OP
Ha! Mike Nelson Sep 2024 #1
This campaign is so well run. ananda Sep 2024 #2
They just need one more RFK, Jr.-type guy BoRaGard Sep 2024 #3
From Three to Four Wackaderos! ananda Sep 2024 #8
Agreed! Just think what an amazing President she will make! BComplex Sep 2024 #4
It'll be interesting to see... GiqueCee Sep 2024 #5
10 or so years ago, Musk was talked about as genius. He was not at the "stable" level which is hard to achieve. 3Hotdogs Sep 2024 #6
Two psychopaths clapping each other on the back Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #7
An unpopular rich asshole supports another unpopular rich asshole... Wounded Bear Sep 2024 #9
"So then they formed a union and I fired them!" BrianTheEVGuy Sep 2024 #10
"When the going gets weird..." ThoughtCriminal Sep 2024 #11

Mike Nelson

(10,443 posts)
1. Ha!
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 05:54 AM
Sep 2024

... he's not too smart... people should remember he did not invent Twitter , electric vehicles, or spaceships. However, he is wealthy. I love how he's now accusing Facebook of having a political bias, in favor of Democrats. Compare Musk and Zuckerberg posts. One has an obvious political bias.

BoRaGard

(3,683 posts)
3. They just need one more RFK, Jr.-type guy
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 07:01 AM
Sep 2024

Gotta be another Manly Man, to support the fragile republicon egos.

This could be the time to trot out the Pillow Guy again to stand on stage with the draft dodging felon, the Bearded Female-Expert, and Cubby McWhaleFace.

BComplex

(9,211 posts)
4. Agreed! Just think what an amazing President she will make!
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 07:01 AM
Sep 2024

If she can run a campaign this well, I know it will mean a well-run administration!

GiqueCee

(1,617 posts)
5. It'll be interesting to see...
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 07:06 AM
Sep 2024

... how well the Trump-humpers negotiate the last step of that cliff they're headed for.

3Hotdogs

(13,763 posts)
6. 10 or so years ago, Musk was talked about as genius. He was not at the "stable" level which is hard to achieve.
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 07:46 AM
Sep 2024

But still.

There is now a daily increasing consensus that he is nothing but assholic,

Farmer-Rick

(11,605 posts)
7. Two psychopaths clapping each other on the back
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 07:50 AM
Sep 2024

Way to hurt other people. Great job Musk, great job Pedo Trump. Maybe they can hurt more average Americans. Tax them to death, take away social communication tools. Steal their tax dollars and feed it to rich men through corporations. Next up, concentration camps for all who disagree.

And we consider these people leaders and successful business men.

BrianTheEVGuy

(574 posts)
10. "So then they formed a union and I fired them!"
Mon Sep 2, 2024, 11:49 AM
Sep 2024

“Hahahahaha! Isn’t that hilarious! Uhhhh wait voters, where are you going? Come back! I didn’t give permission for you little people to leave! Follow my commands! Okay fine then, you’re all fired!”

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