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BumRushDaShow

(165,660 posts)
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 07:55 AM Dec 28

Mamdani claps back at Musk over criticism of FDNY chief pick

Source: The Hill

12/27/25 7:59 PM ET


New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday rejected Elon Musk’s argument that his appointment to head up the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is inexperienced.

“Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who spent more than 30 years at EMS. You know, the workforce that addresses at least 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?” Mamdani wrote in a post on the social platform X.

His comment was in response to Musk’s earlier post alleging that people would “die” due to the appointment of Lillian Bonsignore, a veteran Emergency Medical Services leader. “People will die because of this. Proven experience matters when lives are at stake,” the tech billionaire and former White House adviser wrote in a post on X, which he controls.

Musk has railed against Mamdani alongside some Trump administration officials who condemned the mayor-elect’s policy proposals aligned with democratic socialism.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5664486-mamdani-defends-fdny-appointment/






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Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who spent more than 30 years at EMS. You know, the workforce that addresses at least 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?
Elon Musk
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People will die because of this. Proven experience matters when lives are at stake.
6:21 PM · Dec 27, 2025

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Mamdani claps back at Musk over criticism of FDNY chief pick (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 28 OP
As if Musk gives a rat's ass about people dying Easterncedar Dec 28 #1
Exactly PatSeg Dec 28 #10
Right? ck4829 Dec 29 #25
How many people died by getting rid of USAID Again? waldnorm Dec 29 #27
" Proven experience matters when lives are at stake" debsy Dec 28 #2
Thank you! My sentiments exactly only you said it much better than I could have. MIButterfly Dec 28 #14
Thank you! debsy Dec 28 #16
Maybe if we are lucky liberalgunwilltravel Dec 28 #3
Musk is a horse's ass. Joinfortmill Dec 28 #4
People ARE dying because of YOU and your chainsaw to USAID, you self-absorbed sack of dogshit! (nt) William Seger Dec 28 #5
He doesn't consider them human. Marcuse Dec 28 #19
Why Engage with Elon? modrepub Dec 28 #6
Yup. It's called "the outrage industry" and it's a very lucrative business model PSPS Dec 28 #7
Musk fears taxes. Kid Berwyn Dec 28 #8
Lord Elmo weighs in. CentralMass Dec 28 #9
I see the problem. It's a woman and Musk hates women. travelingthrulife Dec 28 #11
Was just going to say that. QED Dec 28 #12
Exactly! You beat me to it. Sounds too DEI for Elon who prefers college age kids to raid government institutions Deuxcents Dec 28 #13
EXACTLY! TexasBushwhacker Dec 29 #23
"You don't live in NYC, so STFU!" Grins Dec 28 #15
She'll be a good pick Historic NY Dec 28 #17
That's rich coming from a demented tRUMP-lover whose admin. is actively killing people..... wolfie001 Dec 28 #18
Says the man whose vehicles malfunction and kill. nt delisen Dec 28 #20
Experientia docet. Over 2,000 years ago and Musk is still clueless. GreenWave Dec 28 #21
Hush Elon RetiredParatrooper Dec 28 #22
Quite Piggy, also works Traildogbob Dec 29 #26
K&R ck4829 Dec 29 #24

PatSeg

(52,130 posts)
10. Exactly
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:58 AM
Dec 28

And why does he care what is happening in NYC anyway? He just seems to need to have his nose in everyone's business all the time.

debsy

(759 posts)
2. " Proven experience matters when lives are at stake"
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:24 AM
Dec 28

Direct quote from the immigrant tech bro who has no government experience and hostilely ran roughshod over numerous government agencies, fired tens of thousands of people for whose positions he had no understanding, overran government computer systems with AI and tracking software, stole who knows how many government files, and left them in rubble and ruin, the life threatening consequences of which have yet to be calculated.

He has no conscience.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,078 posts)
3. Maybe if we are lucky
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:28 AM
Dec 28

Musk and Trump will be among the people that die. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.

William Seger

(12,206 posts)
5. People ARE dying because of YOU and your chainsaw to USAID, you self-absorbed sack of dogshit! (nt)
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:39 AM
Dec 28

modrepub

(3,997 posts)
6. Why Engage with Elon?
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:07 AM
Dec 28

It just creates traffic on his platform, which is really why Trump and him constantly berate the left (to drum up business). Traffic (arguments) creates $$.

PSPS

(15,214 posts)
7. Yup. It's called "the outrage industry" and it's a very lucrative business model
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:29 AM
Dec 28

It sucks people in with its constant stream of "outrage porn." Apparently, it's very addictive. Virtually all mass and social media has embraced it.

Kid Berwyn

(22,890 posts)
8. Musk fears taxes.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:36 AM
Dec 28

Take, say 90-percent for federal and 9-percent for state and local, and his pile would still be huge.

Greedy NAZI is Greedy. And a coward.

Deuxcents

(25,494 posts)
13. Exactly! You beat me to it. Sounds too DEI for Elon who prefers college age kids to raid government institutions
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:25 AM
Dec 28

TexasBushwhacker

(21,093 posts)
23. EXACTLY!
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:44 AM
Dec 29

If he could just have his offspring grown in artificial wombs, like in "Brave New World", he would.

wolfie001

(7,083 posts)
18. That's rich coming from a demented tRUMP-lover whose admin. is actively killing people.....
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 03:27 PM
Dec 28

.....at home and abroad. rePUKES are truly sick mf'ers.

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