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Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of Tru
« on: December 20, 2024, 08:50:56 am »
Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of Trump
'He's not just Trump's co-president. I think that's way too low a title,' MSNBC's Chris Hayes said
By Nikolas Lanum Fox News
Published December 20, 2024 5:00am EST

Liberal media outlets and Democratic lawmakers have grasped onto a new talking point as the incoming administration gets ready to enter the White House — Elon Musk is a "shadow" president, taking the reins from President-elect Donald Trump.

House GOP leaders are working toward a backup plan after an initial bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown was killed by conservative opposition led by Musk, Trump's pick to co-chair his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), alongside Vivek Ramaswamy.

"Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is dead. The voice of the people has triumphed! VOX POPULI. VOX DEI," Musk posted on X Wednesday.


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1869487359420727338

A plethora of prominent figures across the media then insinuated that Musk was pulling the strings inside Trump's team.

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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2024, 08:53:55 am »
A desperate attempt to goad Trump because they ain't got nothing else. I hope he doesn't take the bait. 
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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2024, 09:40:18 am »
So it's just my imagination that Trump was President in 2017-2020, without Elon Musk?

Why do Dems and other Progs keep making up @#$%, imagining that Americans have forgotten that Trump has been President before?
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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2024, 11:53:51 am »
Republicans rebuff Democrats’ taunts of ‘President-elect Musk’
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Emily Hallas
December 20, 2024 9:47 am
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Republicans rejected Democrats’ claims that Elon Musk is running the GOP after the tech titan helped tank a government spending bill.

Musk, whom Trump has appointed to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, announced Wednesday he was opposed to a continuing resolution meant to keep the government funded until March 2025. In a series of posts, over 100, on X, the DOGE leader said the 1,547-page bill went far beyond its stated purpose, arguing it contained major spending increases, a host of unrelated provisions, including pay raises for lawmakers, and changes to the law.

After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled the bill Wednesday evening, Musk was subsequently accused by Democrats of acting as the GOP’s “shadow” leader and usurping President-elect Donald Trump’s authority — claims that top Republicans, and the DOGE co-chairman himself, are now denouncing.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s top communications spokeswoman, released a statement Thursday night arguing that Johnson pulled the bill mere hours after Trump announced his opposition to the bill Wednesday evening.

“As soon as President Trump released his official stance on the CR, Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his point of view. President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop,” Leavitt said.

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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2024, 12:00:19 pm »
After four years under an old senile dufus who was obviously not in charge of jack, they're trying to flip the narrative and equivocate on something that hasn't even started yet, because a guy spits off a couple of soundbites.

Just starting a tempest in a teapot to gain political leverage, with no substance, because that's all they got having just gotten beaten so badly.

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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2024, 12:43:34 pm »
As a malignant narcissitic psychopath, Trump will never allow this.

If Elon Musk takes up too much limelight, Trump will deport him to Canada or South Africa.

There can only be one primadonna on stage at a time.
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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2024, 01:07:09 pm »
I don't see him as a shadow president. I see him as a shadow Speaker of the House.
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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2024, 04:52:45 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on December 20, 2024, 12:00:19 pm
After four years under an old senile dufus who was obviously not in charge of jack, they're trying to flip the narrative and equivocate on something that hasn't even started yet, because a guy spits off a couple of soundbites.

Just starting a tempest in a teapot to gain political leverage, with no substance, because that's all they got having just gotten beaten so badly.
They have to feed their (few surviving) viewers a steady diet of mental poo, or they might realize there is something more nutritious out there.
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Re: Democrats, media allies push talking point that Elon Musk is truly incoming president instead of
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2024, 05:08:51 pm »
What a bunch of horse pucky! 
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