Musk threatens lawmakers who support stopgap funding bill

[highplainsdem]

Source: ABC

Elon Musk, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, came out against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., going forward with a stopgap government funding bill on Wednesday, saying, going so far as to threaten lawmakers who vote for it.

After posting on X earlier Wednesday that "This bill should not pass," Musk escalated his rhetoric, warning that "any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!"

"Please call your elected representatives right away to tell them how you feel! They are trying to get this passed today while no one is paying attention," he implored his over 200 million followers.

He later posted that "No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office."

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/johnson-forward-stopgap-funding-bill-despite-elon-musk/story?id=116903027

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Bastard.


Judd Legum's Bluesky posts on what Musk has been tweeting on X:

https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3ldm6gpxihs2k

https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3ldm6oztkbs2k

[hlthe2b]

1. If there was ever a person who deserves to be deported...

(and yes, I know that he has naturalized citizenship now--but that doesn't seem to make a difference when it comes to people TRUMP doesn't like--aka Hispanics and other POC).

[travelingthrulife]

36. He lied to become naturalized

He should be deported.

[Boomerproud]

2. Run for office Elon.

Put it out there on the table Toots. Oh wait, then you would lose your power and influence wouldn't you.

[2naSalit]

3. He's blackmailing Congress...

For tangerine idi amin.

[NotHardly]

18. He' at the FA stage ... wonder if there'll be a FO stage.

[Johonny]

4. And the market dropped 10 days in a row

Because GOP is good for the economy

[sop]

5. And I thought Rupert Murdoch was the worst.

[Initech]

24. I'm starting to think Muskrat is the head bad guy in all of this.

Worse than Trump, worse than Putin, worse than Murdoch. He's meddling in elections all around the world and getting away with it for the most part.

[patphil]

6. Musk smells power, and likes the smell. Now he's looking for blood.

I think he could be more dangerous than Trump because he has unlimited funding behind him, and not a shred of honor, integrity, or human decency.
He's taking on the role of Goebbels for Trump.

[Deuxcents]

7. Just who the hell does he think he is? He's rich because of government money and loans

He holds no elected office, not a lawyer or anyone of influence but has TSF hypnotized with his astronomical net worth but there’s a limit to what he can do and it’s time someone reminds him he’s not a shadow president and to back off his threats. This should be stopped and right away before he gets any further out of hand.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Oh he wants his share of the US budget, he just doesn't want anyone else to get a dime.

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[Hugin]

40. That special K is a hell of a drug.

“At lower sub-anesthetic doses, psychiatric side effects are prominent. Most people feel strange, spacey, woozy, or a sense of floating, or have visual distortions or numbness. Also very frequent (20–50%) are difficulty speaking, confusion, euphoria, drowsiness, and difficulty concentrating. The symptoms of psychosis such as going into a hole, disappearing, feeling as if melting, experiencing colors, and hallucinations are described by 6–10% of people. Dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth, hypertension, nausea, increased or decreased body temperature, or feeling flushed are the common (>10%) non-psychiatric side effects. All these adverse effects are most pronounced by the end of the injection, dramatically reduced 40 minutes afterward, and completely disappear within 4 hours after the injection.”

Drawn from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine#Adverse_effects

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Musk sees these adverse effects as a plus.

[Irish_Dem]

43. Yes he likes the psychotic effects.

I think he may be bipolar and he is used to feeling psychotic.

[CBHagman]

42. Elon Musk suckles at the breast of the taxpayer and then bites the taxpayer...

That cannot be emphasized enough. The corruption is in plain sight.

[Irish_Dem]

44. It's how a crime syndicate operates. Grift, lie, cheat, steal.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Richest man in the world doesn't want the US gov't to be funded.

[Deuxcents]

10. He can go buy an uninhabited island and start his own government with his like minded ilk

[Irish_Dem]

11. He was able to buy the entire USA for a great price.

Including all three branches of gov't and the US Treasury.

Much better than a small empty island.

[Deuxcents]

19. I think you're right 😡

[Initech]

25. I'd personally rather just send him to Mars like he wants.

He can go eat shit potatoes.

[johnnyfins]

33. haha. saw what.you did there.

Great movie!

[Dave Bowman]

26. He should hop on one of his rockets and find another solar system where to live.

[Festivito]

12. Just tell Republicans that stopping it would be supporting the African American.

They'll be too confused to stop it.

[yaesu]

13. Elon is a special boy, he is used to special treatment. He gets special government contracts, gets special bailouts

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for his special car, he would be very, very upset if his special demands are not met!

[RussBLib]

14. Which Democrats have pushed back on Musk?

...can we get some opposition, please? Loud-voiced.opposition is ok, guys. Musk has no official job in the government, and it looks like he's trying to screw it up any way he can.

Hello, Democrats? Is anyone there?

[Aviation Pro]

15. Tell me again, South African illegal immigrant

Who the fuck elected you to anything, you fucking sad, sack of shit?

[mymomwasright]

16. # Musk is running the show

Maybe that will ignite his jealousy.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Guess he's just not content to meddle in elections. He just wants to own and run the world.

[Dave Bowman]

27. Yeah, like some kind of pathetic bond villain.

[AverageOldGuy]

20. Does Elon Muskrat . . .

. . . have Secret Service protection?

Asking for a friend.

[dchill]

22. Better.

[NotHardly]

21. Someone needs to talk real hard with that boy.

[Orrex]

23. I'd love to see him arrested for something minor and subjected to asset forfeiture

[KS Toronado]

32. Gotta be something out there to nail him on

Friendly with Putin?

[travelingthrulife]

37. He entered the country illegally and lied to obtain his naturalization

Surely there is a crime or two in there.

[Attilatheblond]

28. Musk is not an ally of Trump. Musk is Trump's boss. Trump is the hired hand who let Musk buy the White House

so Trump can stay out of prison.

[Montauk6]

29. First, a mob stormed the Capitol. Now, the Mob is running it.

[travelingthrulife]

38. Sounds like a successful coup to me.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

30. If I were a Republican congress critter ...

I would be asking myself some hard questions right now.

Trump/Musk are already starting with the threats of supporting my opposition in the next election if I don’t do what they say. Is there any chance I will be able to make it through the next two years (and the two after that) without doing something that pisses them off? What is the likelihood that I will do or say something in the next two years that they will dislike if not at the time, then in retrospect when they need a scapegoat after shit goes wrong?

If they are already treating me as a potential enemy rather than a loyal party member there is almost no chance that they will support me when I need it.

So maybe I should gather other likeminded legislators and spend the next two years defanging them so that they won’t have the power to bring me down in the next election.

It’s either that or try to be the perfect lapdog and lickspittle and pray that they don’t decide to oppose me just because of my name, face, the way I slurp soup, or something completely out of my control. How do I like those chances?

Simple self-preservation – the only thing that really matters to me.

[Marcuse]

46. The GOP has been choosing door #2 (lickspittle) since the first impeachment.

[MissouriDem47]

31. When Did Musk Get Elected?

Trump is not going to like Musk pretending to be the president when that's Trump's job.

[Javaman]

34. there will come a point where the apartheid kid will step on his own dick.

it's going to happen, it's a matter of when.

[4catsmom]

35. so glad our government will be run by cowards

who are afraid of this madman. I guess we're great again.

[Harker]

39. When money is "speech", he's the loudest person in the world. n/t

[bluestarone]

41. I always heard the phrase MONEY TALKS. To me this comment from MUSKRAT is the NEW NO MONEY TALKS.

"You get NO MONEY if you vote for this bill.

[calimary]

45. He sure is throwing his weight around, these days.

[turbinetree]

47. Hey Musk did you buy the US Supreme Court also..............asking for a friend............

last time I checked you had to be a citizen at birth to run the country and over 35 years in age ...............can you show the people of this country your birth records, name the state and county and the hospital.........and what Amendment says who can be president come on tell everyone .........and also did you get your vaccines.....because you had to have them to get into a public or private school in this country..........again asking for a friend...........

Here I will help you and your MAGA followers since they have no clue and were not history or civics :

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

The Qualifications Clause set forth in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 requires the President to be a natural-born citizen, at least thirty-five years of age, and a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C5-1/ALDE_00013692/