Ted Cruz Begs Americans Stop Being So Nasty to Elon Musk
www.thedailybeast.com
“I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’” the Texas Senator said on Fox News.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30444456

“I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’” the Texas Senator said on Fox News.

Ted Cruz used a Fox News interview to act as a human shield for Elon Musk, demanding Americans get down and kiss the billionaire’s feet for his DOGE work.

Musk has called time on his stint at the Trump administration, with his 130-day “special government employee” status elapsing on May 30. His time at Trump’s side was tumultuous, with Tesla caught up in the pushback against his cost-cutting DOGE.

Cruz appears shocked by the backlash, telling Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday evening that Americans should be expressing deep gratitude to Musk and chanting “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

  • sleepmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    2 days ago

    Real rich coming from the “fuck your feelings” crowd. Get fucked, Raphael Cruz. We’re not stopping until he’s yeeted into the sun.

  • Ultraviolet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 days ago

    I don’t think people are nasty enough to him. Until he’s a fucking hermit, too ashamed to show his face in public again because he knows everyone despises him, we need to be nastier.

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    221·
    2 days ago

    The only reason we aren’t far, far nastier to all of these criminals is because it’s illegal. But now that laws are becoming optional and arbitrary, soon we won’t have to worry about how nasty we get.

    They will have to worry, though.

  • ceenote@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    3 days ago

    Honestly, if Ted Cruz said something nice about me, it’d just make me feel dirty.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    110·
    3 days ago

    Well, I’m not American, so I’m going to keep calling him a nazi piece of shit

    And if would be doing so even if I was unfortunate enough to be American

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
    161·
    2 days ago

    Listen, I’ll gladly stop being nasty to Elon Musk. Just as soon as he kills himself.

  • jonesey71@lemmus.orgEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    “I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.” - Al Franken

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 days ago

        don’t throw our trash into the ocean! Compost. then eat the veggies. It’s the only environmentally friendly thing to do.

        • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          3 days ago

          When a billionaire reaches the seafloor it’s referred to as a billionairefall and it’s actually an important aquatic ecosystem. A single billionaire can feed dozens of different species including fish, crabs and some marine worms that only feed on vile billionaire carcasses.

          Unfortunately these species are struggling right now because we aren’t throwing enough billionaires into the ocean. So please, do it for the worms.

        • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
          9·
          3 days ago

          The environmental cost of improperly disposing of billionaires is far-and-away offset by the very lack of the billionaire.
          I think we can eat that cost and enjoy the benefits.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            While perhaps inconsequential to the benefit accrued by removing the billionaire…

            Disposal methods aren’t weighted against that, they’ve already been removed. So we’re selecting between various disposal methods, and really, we have no reason to not be green about it.

            • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              Yes, i just thought we were speaking in the context of a certain submersible.

        • Reygle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          One might argue that the red mist they introduced to the ocean helped to support the local biosphere, and since every piece of the “sub” that was able to be located was recovered, that the whole event was a net gain for that area of the sea.