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RandySF

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Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:18 PM Monday

WNBA player asks why Elon Musk isn't told to 'go back to Africa' after spending bill flop [View all]

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Natasha Cloud, a guard for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, asked Sunday "when y’all gone tell Elon to go back to Africa?" after a government funding bill supported by the businessman, who is from South Africa, failed in the House of Representatives.

“Im so glad ALL these billionaires have no idea how the 3 branches of government work.or how a bill gets passed into law,” Cloud wrote on the social media platform X.

Last week, Musk posted that a temporary funding bill he credited to President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson is better than an omnibus “masquerading” as one.

“This is a MUCH better bill that is closer to being a real continuing resolution (not an omnibus masquerading as a CR), but with support for hurricane victims & farmers, as well as a reasonable extension to the debt ceiling,” Musk wrote. “Clean & simple.”




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Maybe we should start... 2naSalit Monday #1
Does he take the jobs with him? jimfields33 Monday #5
Doubt it. 2naSalit Monday #6
I decided to do a search. He has 140,000 employees. jimfields33 Monday #7
With all the... 2naSalit Monday #8
That's true. Scary times ahead. jimfields33 Monday #9
I figure that... 2naSalit Monday #10
And SpaceX, which has over 13,000 Polybius Monday #12
Unpopular opinion: SpaceX a boondoggle. If we don't deal with global warming nilram Monday #14
Spacex is a security risk. America is better off without them live love laugh Monday #25
SpaceX launched the rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts Polybius Monday #26
I disagree. Rescuing 2 astronauts is not worth the country's security. live love laugh Monday #27
Ok, so leave them up there n/t Polybius Tuesday #35
😂😂😂 live love laugh Tuesday #37
Same to you, as I sip my Christmas Coquito (Eggnog-type drink popular in NY and PR) Polybius Tuesday #38
We should be funding NASA to be able to do this MadameButterfly Monday #29
Can't argue with that Polybius Tuesday #36
The so-called SpaceX rescue mission was delayed until at least March. Hugin Tuesday #43
Yes, I worded it horribly Polybius Tuesday #44
Certainly a securtiy risk in Elon's hands MadameButterfly Monday #28
At least CIA/FBI/military are American governmental institutions. . live love laugh Monday #30
That is my point. The technology needs to be developed MadameButterfly Monday #31
The government is not just as bad imho. live love laugh Monday #34
The current government is not as bad. MadameButterfly Tuesday #41
That's 0.0834% of US employment. Negligible impact, even if ALL went. nilram Monday #13
That is already down to 120,000. They made significant layoffs earlier in 2024 Wiz Imp Monday #18
How many do you think would actually go bottomofthehill Monday #19
140000 is a tiny fraction out of more than 100 million working Americans. live love laugh Monday #24
I think there would be another fecking billionaire to fill the arthritisR_US Tuesday #39
And? J-9 Monday #11
He should be Jilly_in_VA Monday #2
Agree lonely bird Monday #22
K&R ck4829 Monday #3
Info on Wikipedia says Marthe48 Monday #4
He's white and rich. Next question please. AZLD4Candidate Monday #15
We do not deport billionaires. totodeinhere Monday #16
Musk didn't fail, he got most of what he wanted in the bill (and most of he didn't want removed) Trump was the big loser Celerity Monday #17
Yeah, he got the wasteful Pediatric Cancer spending removed MadameButterfly Monday #33
South Africa won't take him back Blue_Tires Monday #20
Shut up, Elon! ShazzieB Monday #21
Looks to me The Madcap Monday #23
I wish it were true MadameButterfly Monday #32
I see Musk fans jumped in to defend their boy in this thread. Kingofalldems Tuesday #40
Recommend ProfessorGAC Tuesday #42
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