r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • Mar 06 '25

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn’t Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192415/elon-musk-warns-republicans-doge-job-cuts
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u/PinkyAnd Mar 06 '25

I’m not saying that at all. The public pressure is exactly the mechanism that would create the feeling that they need to throw Trump/Musk under the bus. That’s why they’re cancelling town halls.

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u/calmdownmyguy Colorado Mar 06 '25

Trump is the republican party. It's been ten years. When will people understand this? There are no republican voters, just trump voters. They'll fill out the ballot for republicans to help trump but their loyalty is to the Manhattan trust fund billionaire, not the party.

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u/Medical-Ad-3080 Mar 06 '25

And the Democrats are the devil on earth

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u/plastic_alloys Mar 07 '25

In any other country, the democrats would seem like a greedy, hypocritical, very right wing party. The Republicans are such evil assholes they make them look somewhat reasonable

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u/yikes_mylife Mar 06 '25

Yeah, given that trump literally had no plan this time around, they couldn’t pretend that they had other reasons other than being ignorant xenophobic racists. There was no tax plan for them to pretend was their priority.

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u/lefthandb1ack Mar 06 '25

Did you mean “34x felon, rapist, and 6x bankrupt Manhattan trust fund billionaire”?

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u/what3v3ruwantit2b Mar 07 '25

I've been saying this as well. I had a conversation with someone about a family member and the dumb maga things they said. The person I was talking to said, "oh I didn't know they were maga. I thought they were just a Republican who listens to fox." It blew my mind for a minute to be honest. If you say you are Republican at this point you are maga. They aren't separate.

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u/your_moms_a_clone 29d ago

And Trump is old. He will eventually die. He may not even make it through four years. Most sitting Republicans will probably outlive him. If they have even half a brain, they are also thinking about what will happen after he's gone.

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u/psiphre Alaska Mar 07 '25

I think you mean “god-emperor Trump, chosen of the Republican Party (long may he reign)”.

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u/PinkyAnd Mar 06 '25

He is the Republican Party now. As soon as he becomes an albatross around their necks and actively hurting their chances of being re-elected, they’ll abandon him.

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u/calmdownmyguy Colorado Mar 06 '25

They can't abandon him. The base thinks he was chosen by god. They'll be the ones left out in the cold if they cross trump, no matter how much 70% of America comes to hate the guy as his policy takes effect. The base will always believe trump was chosen by god.

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u/Snoutysensations Mar 06 '25

They'll frame the public pressure as coming from Leftist radicals and immigrants, not real Americans. They won't do anything until the MAGA base turns against Trump, which is unlikely to happen. Even if half of MAGA is unemployed, hungry, and sick with measles they'll just blame Biden and Hilary and Ukraine and Mexico for their suffering.

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u/hyperhurricanrana Mar 06 '25

That’s what they’re already saying about the town halls, every single person there not happy is a paid lying antifa.

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 North Carolina Mar 06 '25

Yah totally and that's why they're hiding from their own voters.

Lol

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u/xxxxNateDaGreat Mar 06 '25

Bingo. Germans didn't overthrow Hitler, the Allies did and it will probably take some new allies this time around. Yippee.

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u/haightwrightmore Mar 06 '25

And elmo and Cookie Monster and the Babe and Billy Holiday,Salvador Dali, Billy Joel, and Webster, Clark Grizzwald,Jerry Garcia and Jane Doe and 4 other people I forgot.

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u/haightwrightmore Mar 06 '25

Steve and blue

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u/mr_mikado Mar 06 '25

Remember, there are people in places like North Korea and Russia so poor they MUST root around in trash for basic survival yet heap praise upon their dear leader.

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u/my_names_blah_blah Mar 07 '25

I think at least 30-40% of the case, his base is all three..

Unemployed, Hungry and sick.

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u/DennisMoves Mar 06 '25

Yep and because they are deeply evil at heart they will blame the most powerless, underrepresented people that are the easiest to bully and eradicate such as the Trans community.

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u/Snoutysensations Mar 06 '25

Yes. In fact support for Trump might even increase if his base starts to hurt. They'll just scapegoat LGBTQ, Blacks, immigrants, the usual.