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Elon Musk spoke at GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's Wyoming retreat on same day Liz Cheney lost primary
Fox News ^ | August 17, 2022 7:09am EDT | By Kelly Phares , Lawrence Richard

Posted on 08/18/2022 4:45:37 AM PDT by SmokingJoe

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Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, attended a fundraiser retreat in Wyoming that was hosted by Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy, Fox News has learned.

The event was held at a resort in Teton Village, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and happened on the same day Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney lost a primary election to Trump-backed Republican nominee Harriet Hageman.

A source told Fox News that McCarthy and Musk led a fireside chat with supporters, House members and Republican candidates.

The event was closed to the press.

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Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising event was hosted "practically in Cheney's backyard," Business Insider reported.

The event comes as Musk has embraced the Republican Party in recent months and has become more politically vocal over Twitter. Musk is currently embroiled in a legal battle over his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media giant.

Publicly, McCarthy refused to confirm or deny Musk’s attendance at the event. The Republican leader clarified that the event was open for "members, donors and candidates."

Musk and McCarthy share a unique relationship as SpaceX conducts operations in Bakersfield, California, which falls within the district McCarthy represents.

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1 posted on 08/18/2022 4:45:37 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Teton? Yeah, that’s the heart of MAGA. These people like McCarthy will never do what needs to done. They are corporatists and were all secretly rooting for Cheney.


2 posted on 08/18/2022 4:50:29 AM PDT by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!S)
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To: SmokingJoe

Oh my, will Ortagus also sprout a baby Muskchin? Elon has little control in that department.


3 posted on 08/18/2022 4:52:15 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest
Nasty post much?
Why don't you just go take your meds instead of spewing bile?
4 posted on 08/18/2022 4:54:49 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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I actually have no dislike for Musk . I just have read up about his life and am able to say he is no Saint. He is far more liberal than I like and he talks about centrist as his preference.

I believe you are the one that needs to get a hot cup of green tea, a valium, and google the life story of the Musks, His father is very much the same as Elon women wise.


5 posted on 08/18/2022 5:00:32 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

Will the great white whale knock her up to? He knows absolutely nothing about US politics.


6 posted on 08/18/2022 5:01:37 AM PDT by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause it’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: magua

Call me Ismael…


7 posted on 08/18/2022 5:04:58 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dforest
I actually have no dislike for Musk .

You could have fooled me.

I just have read up about his life and am able to say he is no Saint.

Are you a saint yourself?
You obviously haven't read enough about his life, just the tabloid headlines from fake news.
The real story of his life is, he is the greatest entrepreneur that ever lived. By far. He makes people like Bill Gates look like they are in kindergarten when it comes to entrepreneurship.

He is far more liberal than I like and he talks about centrist as his preference

I don't have too many problem with someone being liberal. What matters is, he is moving in the Republican direction, instead of pumping billions to deranged far left crazies in the Democratic Party like most billionaires do.

8 posted on 08/18/2022 5:14:23 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: magua
He knows absolutely nothing about US politics.

And you do?
What do you think you know about US politics that Musk doesn't know?

9 posted on 08/18/2022 5:17:17 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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What do you think you know about US politics that Musk doesn't know?

Yes, I do. He is a recovering leftist fool making a fortune off of boutique EVs that are boutique vehicles driven by virtue signaling idiots. He is a wealthy PT Barnum. It takes time.

10 posted on 08/18/2022 5:19:52 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: dforest
I believe you are the one that needs to get a hot cup of green tea, a valium, and google the life story of the Musks,

Actually I know about Elon Musk's life already, having spent some time researching it over years.
I know what I'm talking about. You don't.

His father is very much the same as Elon women wise.

Elon is very smart, just like his dad.
Its irrelevant if his dad has had two children recently. He is free to have all the children he wants, like anybody else.

11 posted on 08/18/2022 5:23:09 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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He has some great qualities but I certainly am able to assess my opinion based on reality not worship. He is a human you know.

You can like the guy, but geesh. Get off your knees and brush the dust off.


12 posted on 08/18/2022 5:24:38 AM PDT by dforest
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To: SmokingJoe

I was making a joke. You have to be a lefty because they can’t handle a joke.


13 posted on 08/18/2022 5:26:12 AM PDT by dforest
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Sounds more like the Kennedy’s to me and one of them was President of our country.


14 posted on 08/18/2022 5:28:24 AM PDT by carikadon (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: central_va
He is a recovering leftist fool making a fortune off of boutique EVs that are boutique vehicles driven by virtue signaling idiots.

What Musk is doing with SpaceX is truly spectacular. World-changing. Whatever you may think of Musk, he is no fool. He is one of the greatest engineers who has ever lived. He has certainly spent more time thinking about physics and chemistry than about politics. Give him some time. He is already coming around to our side.

15 posted on 08/18/2022 5:33:12 AM PDT by Blennos
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Or not

He is a disruptor that has assembled fantastic engineering teams that are revolutionizing the world auto industries and beating out the likes of Boeing and the Russian government in the space business


16 posted on 08/18/2022 5:36:29 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: central_va
Yes, I do.

You do what?
Why don't you actually tell us what you think you know about US politics that Musk doesn't know?

He is a recovering leftist fool making a fortune off of boutique EVs that are boutique vehicles driven by virtue signaling idiots.

Musk essentially created the modern EV business, after companies like GM had recalled their EV1 vehicles and CRUSHED them.
That's why he's rich. He went in back when the big auto companies were getting out of EVs.
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Read up on it.

He is a wealthy PT Barnum. It takes time.

“Wealthy PT Barnum” huh?
Say, why don't you try going out and create a very successful EV company and a very successful space/rockets company like Musk's SPACEX and see where you get?
Not to mention PayPal, The Boring company and Neuralink all founded by Musk?

17 posted on 08/18/2022 5:36:41 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: dforest

Of course he’s human and has his faults like everyone else.
Who doesn’t?


18 posted on 08/18/2022 5:39:29 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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I’ve been told by someone who is running for U.S. Congress, that if they win, they have to give $250,000 to the RNC and vote for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker(or minority leader), or they will not be put on any committees.


19 posted on 08/18/2022 5:40:14 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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Yeah, and his Canadian grandfather was a leader in the Technocracy Party. Depopulationist globalists tend to believe in their superior sperm being spread far and wide.


20 posted on 08/18/2022 5:42:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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