I think the democrats will face terrible consequences if Elon funds them.
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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They'll happily take his money. That's all they care about.
To any democrats paying attention: if you serve Elon, you don’t get my vote.
Fair enough. The money still gets got.
Money vs moral high ground. Anyone who says no to the money says no to having any say in politics. They would be considered an idiot in my book. There are 0 candidates who win elections from a moral high ground in the U.S.
Make sure there are no strings attached, take the money and make changes. The strings right now can be as simple as getting those people out of office. Anyone who thinks not taking his money would help them is an absolute idiot that SHOULD NOT ever be in charge. As they are completely incompetent and make horrible decisions. Musk is a horrible person. Not taking his money extends the fascist regime the MAGA crowd supports.
This isn't a bowling league where you are trying to friends with the monster. This is a failing once Republic that needs saving. Take his money, get shit done. You don't need to do anything he wants. You just need to fund your campaign.
"Funding candidates" should be impossible in a real democracy.
This is oligarchy and trump knows it.
So it was fine when he did it for Republicans?
For me not for thee
How unfitting for a prez to threaten people publicly. GOOP has no shame.
By “fund” he means “rig election for”
Quick! Someone explain Citizens United to Trump and how it will allow Elon to get away with this!
Sorry. Calvinball rules. Actually, donating to liberals is illegal.
Someone should tell him that the best way to get back at Elon would be to start taxing billionaires.
Win win win
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“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview, but declined to share what those consequences would be.
I wonder how many times his attorneys have explained to him the concept of incriminating yourself in advance of retaliation.
Trump can say and do whatever he wants. It's his lawyer team to make sure he doesn't under court oath. For example, Trump's entire life and the amount of days he hasn't been in jail.
He's got away with everything so far.Why should he start caring about the law now? Legal, illegal, that's for the poors to worry about.
Not like it really matters anymore:(
I'm sorry, I will not vote for any Democrat that takes money from a fucking Nazi.
Cool, people not voting out of principle because they didn't like the democrat enough is how the USA got here, but go ahead, keep trying that method.
At least Trump fixed all the overseas problems those people cared so much about, right?
I feel like the people not voting made it 100% clear what they were looking for. If they're the deciding factor in who wins the election, maybe it was a massive fuck up to ignore them?
If it's too small a group to matter, then stop focusing on them as the reason Dems lost. If they're a major factor in the election, Dems should treat then that way.
They did make themselves clear and I respect them sticking to their principles if nothing else. I just hope it was really worth it to them if the republicans actually pull off a dictatorship like they've been promising. Like good job sticking it to those dems in the one election they might not ever get to rectify it.
And I hope it was worth it to them the people getting caught up in all the bullshit, such as having their lives ruined, being sent to prison for life, and dying, in the next 4 years regardless of whether they stay in power.
Again, at least the genocide they were worried about was averted, right.
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AIPAC doesn't leave a lot of names available.
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I would have a very difficult time voting for someone who received funding from musk.
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When is one of these fucking dipshits going to have the other killed?
Noblemen typically don't kill each other.
In what universe? Because it certainly isn't this one.
You're on the wrong track, I've seen this particular abusive relationship before.
This is Trump saying "If I can't have you, no one will!" and it ends with a murder/suicide...
My fantasy is that Trump tries to have Elon killed/arrested but fails because he's rich and has very good guards. So then Elon sends someone to kill Trump, which is successful. Then Elon dies from some drug complications right after. If we're lucky, they both die after shitting their pants.
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Justice: weaponized
Party support: criminalized
Population: fuck yeah daddy oooh yeah this is ok fuck everyone else
Also, golly gee thank god we avoided BidenSoOld/"GenocideJoe" and Kamala the Cop, because they would have been Just As Bad (TM).
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Sometimes I think about how if any previous president had done, over the course of their entire career, the things Trump does in the average week, or sometimes even just a single day, it would have immediately ended their career. If a previous president had openly stated that if a specific person funded their rivals there would be serious consequences, that'd be it. They'd be done. Impeached on the spot, out of office, blacklisted by their own party, and shamed for all of history.
The news cycle crucified Obama for wearing a tan suit. They raked him over the coals because he was so out of touch that he asked a burger place if they had Dijon mustard. What do you think they'd have done if he openly promised retribution against those who dared disagree with him like this?
And Donald motherfucking Trump does this crap all the godamn time, and he just gets away with it because the Republicans like that it's their tyrant, the Democrats are afraid of actually doing anything, and by the time the public can mobilize against one thing he's already done three more things that make the past look trivial.
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