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(119,312 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:00 AM Yesterday

Senator shares what GOP did after Musk called him 'traitor' - CNN

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) shares with CNN's Kaitlan Collins what he thinks about Elon Musk calling him a "traitor" after Kelly posted about Ukraine following his visit to the country.

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Senator Kelly's remarks about Elon Musk begin at the 4:30 mark. Senator Kelly discusses the situation in Ukraine at the beginning of the interview. At the end of the interview he mentions that he has not made a decision about voting to approve the budget bill. - TxT

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Senator shares what GOP did after Musk called him 'traitor' - CNN (Original Post) TexasTowelie Yesterday OP

Oh, the followup questions she could've asked... he's dropping bombshells and she's completely ignoring them chia 23 hrs ago #1

What could she have asked him but didn't? ancianita 21 hrs ago #2

Here you go: chia 17 hrs ago #3

chia

(2,499 posts)

1. Oh, the followup questions she could've asked... he's dropping bombshells and she's completely ignoring them

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:57 AM

23 hrs ago

as if he didn't even say them. Reminds me why I don't watch corporate news, which, with few exceptions, has abjectly failed this country, but I did want to hear what he had to say so thanks for posting.

ancianita

(39,955 posts)

2. What could she have asked him but didn't?

Reply to chia (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 07:14 AM

21 hrs ago

chia

(2,499 posts)

3. Here you go:

Reply to ancianita (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 11:19 AM

17 hrs ago

Mark Kelly: "But what really concerns me is veterans that he is firing without cause from the government. These are public servants.
I had a disabled veteran in my office the other day that had recently received an excellent performance report. And three weeks later, Elon Musk fires him through an email because of poor performance. That's wrong. That's not fair. Fired him without cause. It has ruined his life. And there are 6000 veterans just like him."

This is literally one of the biggest stories of 2025 in the weeks since the inauguration, and what's her followup?

It's like she never heard him, she just gets to her next bullet point:

Kaitlan Collins: "We also saw Todd Young and LindseyGraham push back on what Elon Musk had to say, calling you a traitor. Are you surprised that you haven't heard from more Senate Republicans or more your colleagues?"

--Here's another:--

MK: "But after the president, I don't think there's somebody with more influence right now over the federal government than Elon Musk.
And he's wasting his time on Twitter, insulting people, insulting veterans, calling me a traitor, calling other people's names. Is this a serious person?
I don't think he is. So why why do you give him this influence? And by the way, I think it's really important for the American people to know that the reason he's doing all this, the reason he's firing all these people, is so he can create some room. So when they give this big giant tax cuts to billionaires, it doesn't add as much money to the deficit and the debt as it would otherwise. That's why he's doing that."

Again, Collins never addresses what he says, never asks him to elaborate on the reason Musk is doing this, she just pivots again:

KC: " Speaking of what's happening on Capitol Hill, at least eight senators, Democrats are going to be needed to pass this funding bill..."

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