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Did a quick search and didn't see this in GD yet.
Dems eye a villain-to-ally arc for Musk
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook-remaking-government/2025/06/04/dems-eye-a-villain-to-ally-arc-for-musk-00385945#:~:text=ELON%20MUSK%20has%20been%20the,that%20could%20benefit%20the%20opposition.
They are insane - and there is no way the base is going to accept a Nazi Loving asshole who hates black people welcomed into the fold. The tent ain't THAT big!
ELON MUSK has been the Democratic Partys boogeyman since shortly after President DONALD TRUMP deputized him as a top adviser.
But the billionaires recent breaks with the GOP Musk ripped Trumps big, beautiful bill as a disgusting abomination on X this week and threatened to fire all politicians who backed it are complicating the partys portrayal of him as a chainsaw-wielding, bureaucracy-breaking villain.
A few Democrats are eager to welcome Musk, who said he voted for former President JOE BIDEN in 2020 and gave a tour of SpaceX to then-President BARACK OBAMA, back into the fold.
Rep. RO KHANNA (D-Calif.), who represents Silicon Valley and has known Musk for over a decade, said Democrats should be in a dialogue with Musk, given their shared opposition to the GOPs megabill.
Others name dropped:
Richie Torres - He basically just killed his Gubernatorial bid.
Liam Kerr - of course Democrats should, ahem, welcome Musk back into the party.
Brad Schneider
As usual Politico makes it an argument about Moderates and Leftists - when in fact might actually be an argument between the CURRENT base and those who want to welcome Incels (they are Musk devotees).
bucolic_frolic
(54,073 posts)and when he ain't selling Teslas, it's both sides that are barren.
Johnny2X2X
(23,693 posts)Musk has a problem with the bill, not because of it being bad, but because of it not being awful enough. It doesn't devastate working people, minorities, children, women, and immigrants enough for Musk. He really wants to see more people die and more people ruined.
JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)Is why I consider Politico the Mainstream Media. The headline doesn't even clearly state the VERY small number of Democratic party members saying this.
dutch777
(4,891 posts)Like Trump, he will lie and exaggerate and befriend only to the point that it benefits eLoon. After that, all bets are off and its the next bad idea and alliances he will bring forth. I pity his children.
blm
(114,431 posts)Asinine.
Eugene
(66,808 posts)He's still a fascist wannabe oligarch, and now that he has fallen out with MAGA (for now), he's looking for new politicians to buy.
tman
(1,250 posts)Craven, opportunistic, weak, pathetic and antithetical to everything it claimed itself to be.
Good thing it's only a couple of clowns advocating this.
GoCubsGo
(34,674 posts)Got to believe that Politico, being the hacks that they are, are distorting the whole situation. This strikes me as more stirring up shit for clicks, and another attempt to divide Democrats.
hatrack
(64,271 posts)I may have gotten it backwards.
Mountainguy
(2,145 posts)Ro Khanna being the prime example, and they will try to bring him in...
But I think he has burned his welcome with 99% of them.
But, exploiting the rift between him and Trump and using it to fracture MAGA is something everyone should be interested in.
fujiyamasan
(1,234 posts)Not sure how, and this may be a situation where you sit aside and watch two ass holes destroy each other.
Theres definitely no one to root for here.
fujiyamasan
(1,234 posts)Is and has always been an opportunistic ass hole. Hes just a smarter, ketamine fueled South African version.
Allying with a man giving Nazi salutes is insane. Great way to get burned.