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Elon is buying the votes for McCarthy

Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:50 pm
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
17947 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:50 pm
He made a statement the other day that he supports McCarthy for speaker. Before he made that statement the holdouts looked rock solid. Now they are flipping. Of all people, Elon could buy these guys out the easiest. Why Elon wants McCarthy is the question now. Time will tell.
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
12065 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:53 pm to
Atleast put a questionmark in your misleading thread title
Posted by NCIS_76
Member since Jan 2021
5246 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:55 pm to
Were you able to ask him yourself? If not STFU.
Posted by VolcanicTiger
Member since Apr 2022
5933 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:55 pm to
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Now they are flipping.
They're not spontaneously "flipping." They had agreements in writing that KM had to agree to, and he has. It's not my first choice, but it's reasonable, especially if there are safeguards from him going RINO on us.
Posted by TigerDoc
Texas
Member since Apr 2004
9902 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:58 pm to
dark money super-PACs will make it hard to know who exactly is donating to them.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
8114 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:59 pm to
Bought them battery operated vibrators?
Posted by HVAU
Far, far away
Member since Sep 2010
4578 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:01 pm to
Dude is just a glutton for money losing investments these days.
Posted by VolcanicTiger
Member since Apr 2022
5933 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:03 pm to
Posted by BACONisMEATcandy
Member since Dec 2007
46643 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:04 pm to
Are you drinking the ether or just huffing it?
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
24837 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:05 pm to
If Elon is making deals that the rest of the RINOS won't/ can't, then maybe that's what it'll take.




Time will tell.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118736 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:06 pm to
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Why Elon wants McCarthy is the question now.


So congress does not investigate Big Tech and especially avoid setting up anti-trust committees.
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
17947 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:07 pm to
Well there’s the motive.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118736 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:10 pm to
Gaetz said on the House floor that McCarthy bagged over $500 million in campaign contributions and most of it from Big Tech.
Posted by Liberator
Ephesians 6:10-16
Member since Jul 2020
8401 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:11 pm to
Elon Musk throws support behind Kevin McCarthy for speaker

By Mark Moore

January 5, 2023 8:33am

NY POST HEADLINE

EXCERPT:

quote:

Tesla founder and Twitter owner Elon Musk has thrown his support behind Rep. Kevin McCarthy — as the California lawmaker’s bid to become House speaker has been stymied by a group of roughly 20 hardline conservatives.

“Kevin McCarthy should be Speaker,” the billionaire tech titan tweeted early Thursday, garnering almost 40,000 likes within hours.


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Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
17947 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:14 pm to
Richest….. or second richest man at the moment, throwing his support behind McCarthy and things almost instantly change.
Posted by Liberator
Ephesians 6:10-16
Member since Jul 2020
8401 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:17 pm to
Yup.

Elon's Opinion / Preference = Support/ Capital.

He needs to get back to winning tweets on his support of Transhumanism, neural brain implants and Vaxxes.

Posted by Figgy
CenCal
Member since May 2020
7170 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:32 pm to
So what you’re really saying is that these formerly “principled conservatives” were full of crap. That is was a ruse to make money. MAGA representatives are just as corrupt as the establishment that they’re pretending to fight?

I don’t believe any of the above… but you do.

Think about that.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
19440 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:59 pm to
Getting more solid conservatives into key committee positions and controlling rule making is a clear win.

McCarthy is a worm who let that massive work graft, pork filled, lame-duck Omnibus bill to pass with out a real fight.
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79025 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 4:10 pm to
quote:

Now they are flipping.


Yea concessions tend to do that
Posted by ehidal1
Chief Boot Knocka
Member since Dec 2007
37134 posts
Posted on 1/6/23 at 4:13 pm to
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So congress does not investigate Big Tech and especially avoid setting up anti-trust committees.

But more importantly keep those Visas going for cheap overseas tech employees. There was a reason that shite passed so easy
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