Posted on 12/19/2024 8:05:59 AM PST by libstripper
Elon Musk, self-described "First Buddy" of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown. The move was a direct challenge to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who rolled out the sweeping plan on Tuesday night.
Now, it appears Musk has successfully killed the stopgap measure in its cradle - before it was even brought to a vote.
In a manic posting spree on Wednesday, the world's richest man bombarded his platform X, formerly Twitter, with attacks on a proposed funding bill, which would've kept the government funded through March 14 and had bipartisan support. He also amplified misinformation about what's in the 1,500-page bill - as did his non-governmental commission, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is recommending cuts to government spending and regulations to the incoming Trump administration.
Trump himself signaled Wednesday that he opposes the resolution, according to a joint statement shared by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Various hard-right GOP representatives also vowed to vote against it. Should Johnson fail to get a spending plan passed by Dec. 20, the federal government will enter a partial shutdown ahead of the holidays. But that apparently sounded ideal to Musk and his social media clique.
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Rolling Stone?
Evidently Musk even has the hipsters paying attention to what an America First Administration is up to.
Musk is generally the smartest guy in the room, and even the Dems know that. Further, he gives off that Spock “Vulcans don’t bluff” vibe.
How long will it be “X, formally known as Twitter…”
Don’t we all know that now?
It’s interesting to see the shift of narrative from the fear of a shutdown to the demand for a shutdown. Now shutdowns can become fashionable, and a tool of Democrat power is taken away.
Lefties Losing It — Rita
President Donald Musk saving the country from spending us into budgetary disasters.
It’s all Musk’s fault and not the fault of the zillions of sycophants who joined in, endorsed his views, posted their own views and joined in on posts of other anti-government collusion conspiracists [aka voters]
Like a freeper wrote yesterday...
A shutdown means the 5% fed govt at work, ie janitors & security, join the 95% “working” at home...
90% of the people affected by a shutdown voted for Biden.
Shut it down!!!
Yep, big vacation with back pay.
And they don’t condemn the wasteful spending in it.
And seriously, the government being shut down? They say that like it’s a bad thing.
Also, once the government re-opens and gets funded again, all of the government workers who were allowed to stay at home WILL BE PAID.
Tell me how this is better than a short-term clean CR?
One unelected billionaire has stepped up to battle our fascist deep state on censorship, and shame a spendthrift, irresponsible Congress
I love what Musk is doing, but its sad our own institutions, particularly our elected Congress, are failing us so badly.
I’ve always wondered why Federal workers who are affected by the shutdown receive back pay covering the period they were off once the government is re-funded. Why are they being paid for work not done? If they were not paid for nothing, if they faced the prospect of an actual loss, I would bet a lot more pressure would fall on the Democrats in Congress to make whatever compromises are needed to strike a better bargain for the rest of us.
Simple, the Dems add that back in to the next bloated bill so they get their back pay.
It takes away the power of the “Shut Down Boogie Man” to cram in all that pork.
It turns it into “So What” take your pork and shove it.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
A squeaky clean short term CR is a like to have, not a must have.
A shut down is an excellent second best alternative.
how do you pass wasteful spending?
change the conversation to govt shutdown
Perfectly stated !
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