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LetMyPeopleVote

(155,489 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:40 PM Monday

Why Elon Musk said a House Democrat 'needs to be expelled' from Congress

When the billionaire called Rep. Rosa DeLauro an “awful creature,” it was a problem. When he called for the Democrat’s expulsion, it made the problem worse.
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Why Elon Musk said a House Democrat ❝needs to be expelled❞ from Congress

When the billionaire called Rep. Rosa DeLauro an ❝awful creature,❞ it was a problem. When he called for the Democrat’s expulsion, it made the problem worse. ⤸



https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/elon-musk-said-house-democrat-needs-expelled-congress-rcna185271

But in the case of Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, a primary challenge apparently isn’t good enough for the billionaire: Musk wants her to be kicked out of Congress altogether.

As CNBC reported, at the heart of the story is a change made to the stopgap spending bill designed to prevent a government shutdown last week.

House Democrats Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut say their Republican colleagues in Congress caved to the demands of Elon Musk, sinking a bipartisan government funding bill that would have regulated U.S. investments in China.


In the original, bipartisan spending agreement — the one that Musk helped kill — there was a provision designed to restrict U.S. investments in China, specifically related to investments in the artificial intelligence and technology sectors......

DeLauro went a bit further, writing a letter to congressional leaders questioning whether the change to the bill reflected some kind of behind-the-scenes corruption: Perhaps, the Connecticut Democrat alleged, the legislation was tweaked specifically to benefit Musk, who has, as DeLauro put it, “extensive” business interests in China.

It was, to be sure, a provocative allegation. But the billionaire megadonor responded with an online item of his own, calling DeLauro an “awful creature” and saying that he believes the Democratic congresswoman “needs to be expelled from Congress!”

For the record, members of Congress are allowed to raise concerns about possible corruption, just as they’re able to make allegations regarding prominent public figures. Whether the congresswoman’s allegations have merit or not, to suggest that an elected lawmaker be kicked out of office for criticizing a billionaire in ways he doesn’t like is, to put it mildly, unsettling.
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Why Elon Musk said a House Democrat 'needs to be expelled' from Congress (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Monday OP
Any chance of denaturalizing Musk's citizenship and expelling him from the US? dutch777 Monday #1
From your keyboard to karma's ear! SheltieLover Monday #8
Three words: Defund. Denaturalize. Deport. meow2u3 Monday #11
Can I Codifer 14 hrs ago #37
Karma Please blueseas Monday #14
From your keyboard to God's screen! Jilly_in_VA Monday #16
Musk really needs to be deported back to Africa... maspaha Monday #19
DEPORT! If Trump is going to do mass deportations, slightlv Monday #20
trump does seem to want to deport quakerboy 15 hrs ago #36
There's always an agenda - not always hidden. yellow dahlia Monday #2
Have the death threats started yet? Nictuku Monday #3
Who the H does this guy think he is? Irish_Dem Monday #4
Fuck this asshole and his whole racist family. Prof. Toru Tanaka Monday #17
De Lauro cut too close to Musk's marrow. Rachel Maddow last evening pointed out allegorical oracle 18 hrs ago #32
So Musk will give China everything it wants. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #33
It would seem so. Confusion remains about why Musk's portly co-worker wants to allegorical oracle 13 hrs ago #38
Unless Trump is using the tariff talk to force concessions and cash. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #40
Well since Musk will be sworn in Jan 20th Quanto Magnus 16 hrs ago #35
The Eel thinks there is only one vote in USA: his. What an absurdly thin skin. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #5
Lighten up on the ketamine Musk melon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday #6
Elon Musk needs to be expelled from the USA and Earth !!!!!!!!!!!! stonecutter357 Monday #7
That man needs to be muzzled. He has no idea how our democracy works. Fla Dem Monday #9
House Democrats say GOP caved to Musk in funding bill, protecting his China interests LetMyPeopleVote Monday #10
This clown is a clueless wonder. boonecreek Monday #12
Or he just assumes slightlv Monday #21
Never thought I'd say this Retrograde Monday #13
Well.... apparently representative DeLaurio is on the right track Tweedy Monday #15
Malignant Narcissists have no idea what slightlv Monday #22
Every time I think we've seen the worst of Elon Musk's vileness... CBHagman Monday #18
Mad monk man-child nt Javaman Monday #23
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-NY) is the latest target of MAGA, LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #24
She is from Connecticut gypsy11 19 hrs ago #28
Me, too! I'm in New Haven and have voted for her for as long as I can remember. CTyankee 16 hrs ago #34
All their bull$hit the last four years Cosmocat 19 hrs ago #25
It makes me sick get the red out 19 hrs ago #26
I have four words for you Elon... bif 19 hrs ago #27
FU Mump... you NEED to be "Expelled" from America... Go Get OUT Cha 19 hrs ago #29
The apartheid asshole needs to be expelled from the planet dalton99a 19 hrs ago #30
Well, there you have it! We women know where we stand. According to Trump and and the Alien we are Raven 18 hrs ago #31
Shit in one hand, want something in the other and Emile 13 hrs ago #39

SheltieLover

(60,222 posts)
8. From your keyboard to karma's ear!
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:16 PM
Monday

And same should happen to tfg's "wife" (ruskie handler), Natasha.

meow2u3

(24,935 posts)
11. Three words: Defund. Denaturalize. Deport.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:41 PM
Monday
Defund him by initiating civil forfeiture due to his working illegally to amass his fortune. Denaturalize him because he lied on his immigration and naturalization application. Deport him to South Africa broke.

slightlv

(4,439 posts)
20. DEPORT! If Trump is going to do mass deportations,
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:49 PM
Monday

this idiot needs to be in the first group of people to go. Let T try to confiscate all his money, since it was made here in the U.S. That should cover all of T's concerns.

quakerboy

(14,196 posts)
36. trump does seem to want to deport
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:21 PM
15 hrs ago

With little regard for laws, so if they turn on each other.. who knows

Nictuku

(3,912 posts)
3. Have the death threats started yet?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:55 PM
Monday

Some South African racist dude who owns a huge social media platform need only to say something like this before the onslaught.

This is where we are America.

Irish_Dem

(59,651 posts)
4. Who the H does this guy think he is?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:00 PM
Monday

He can sail in and tell our US congress what to do on a daily basis.
They are elected officials, he is not.

His mother comes in and lectures Americans about having more children whether they
can afford them or not.

Musk threatens Dem officials who are reporting on his corruption to influence on bills to get
laws passed which favor his business interests.

allegorical oracle

(3,386 posts)
32. De Lauro cut too close to Musk's marrow. Rachel Maddow last evening pointed out
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:03 PM
18 hrs ago

that Elon's Tesla plant in Shanghai, China, produces almost half of his cars. He provides thousands of jobs to Chinese workers. He's also bargaining to get an equally large plant to produce batteries.

allegorical oracle

(3,386 posts)
38. It would seem so. Confusion remains about why Musk's portly co-worker wants to
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:55 PM
13 hrs ago

place those stiff tariffs on China. Wouldn't that annoy Elon?

Irish_Dem

(59,651 posts)
40. Unless Trump is using the tariff talk to force concessions and cash.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:03 PM
13 hrs ago

It has already worked to some extent.

Trudeau came crawling to MAL right after the election.
And it is certain he did not come empty handed. He had something to offer Trump.

US businesses are handing over handfuls of cash to Trump in anticipation of the tariffs
for "exemptions."

Maybe Trump is hoping to see what China coughs up.
China's economy is already in trouble, tariffs would be a big problem.

Quanto Magnus

(1,033 posts)
35. Well since Musk will be sworn in Jan 20th
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:40 PM
16 hrs ago

he's getting a head start...

Oh and since he's taking office, he needs to divest of his businesses.... I hope the sale starts soon...

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,489 posts)
10. House Democrats say GOP caved to Musk in funding bill, protecting his China interests
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:41 PM
Monday

Musk is upset that people know about his efforts to protect his interests in China



https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/21/house-democrats-say-gop-caved-to-elon-musk-protecting-china-interests.html

House Democrats Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut say their Republican colleagues in Congress caved to the demands of Elon Musk, sinking a bipartisan government funding bill that would have regulated U.S. investments in China.

Congress passed a separate stopgap funding bill over the weekend, averting a government shutdown.

In a series of posts on X, McGovern said more could have been accomplished. The scrapped provision “would have made it easier to keep cutting-edge AI and quantum computing tech — as well as jobs — in America,” he wrote. “But Elon had a problem.”

Tesla
, run by Musk, is the only foreign automaker to operate a factory in China without a local joint venture. Tesla also built a battery plant down the street from its Shanghai car factory this year, and aims to develop and sell self-driving vehicle technology in China.

“His bottom line depends on staying in China’s good graces,” McGovern wrote about Musk. “He wants to build an AI data center there too — which could endanger U.S. security. He’s been bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with Chinese leaders.”

boonecreek

(163 posts)
12. This clown is a clueless wonder.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:47 PM
Monday

It takes a 2/3 majority to expel a member of either
house. Or maybe he knows that but thinks most
MAGAts won't know.

slightlv

(4,439 posts)
21. Or he just assumes
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:53 PM
Monday

every member of Congress believes he is the mouthpiece for Trump, and what he says will be interpreted as what Trump says... and we all know how afraid republican members of congress are when it comes to standing up to trump... or his minions.

Tweedy

(1,220 posts)
15. Well.... apparently representative DeLaurio is on the right track
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:00 PM
Monday

Mr. Musk apparently did not learn any self discipline in his many decades living on this blue marble.

That is quite the tell there

Will our press folks notice?

slightlv

(4,439 posts)
22. Malignant Narcissists have no idea what
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:54 PM
Monday

self-discipline is. Everyone is suppose to bend to them... they never bend to anyone else. The whole concept of cooperation is alien to them, since it's against their own self-interest.

CBHagman

(17,161 posts)
18. Every time I think we've seen the worst of Elon Musk's vileness...
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:56 PM
Monday

...he puts on another display.

Hands off lawmakers and, well, everybody from the Nutmeg state and everywhere else.

gypsy11

(350 posts)
28. She is from Connecticut
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:45 PM
19 hrs ago

I voted for her here. Go Rosa! I will continue to vote for you as long as you run.

CTyankee

(65,269 posts)
34. Me, too! I'm in New Haven and have voted for her for as long as I can remember.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:32 PM
16 hrs ago

she does weird stuff to her hair but it doesn't bother me. In fact, I kinda like it. She's a tough old bird...and so am I!

get the red out

(13,636 posts)
26. It makes me sick
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:29 PM
19 hrs ago

That we have to put up with this horrible, unelected, man being the real "power" behind the duely elected wanna-be dictator.

Raven

(14,132 posts)
31. Well, there you have it! We women know where we stand. According to Trump and and the Alien we are
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:17 PM
18 hrs ago

"Nasty" and "Awful Creatures."

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