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Dennis Donovan

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1. He's already a divisive figure.

Reply to USAFRetired_Liberal (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 04:09 PM

Dec 19

Here's a PBS News story from yesterday:

Musk’s favorability is similar to Trump’s

/snip/

Musk doesn’t appear to give Trump much boost with people who don’t back the incoming president.

He is no more popular with the U.S. public than the president-elect himself, and viewed unfavorably by about half of Americans, according to the AP-NORC poll.

About 4 in 10 Americans have a somewhat or very favorable view of the world’s richest person, very similar to the percentage who view Trump positively. Likewise, about half of adults have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Musk — again, similar to Trump.

/snip

So it's not going to be hard to continue to demonize him.

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Democrats need to turn Musk into the boogeyman [View all] USAFRetired_Liberal Dec 19 OP

He's already a divisive figure. Dennis Donovan Dec 19 #1

Mangione hit the wrong scumbag, Xoan Dec 19 #2