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Elon Musk: "Almost every illegal is a dem voter" (Original Post) Galraedia Feb 2024 OP
Ugh. I'm so glad I finally sold my Tesla roadster. truthisfreedom Feb 2024 #1
I am in perfect luck. airplaneman Feb 2024 #25
He's now aiding Russia with his StarLink system, conflicting with State Dept., and should have citizenship revoked. TheBlackAdder Feb 2024 #45
Someone check on how he got into our country. PurgedVoter Feb 2024 #2
Probably on an "Einstein" visa..... SergeStorms Feb 2024 #13
There's evidence that he violated his visa orthoclad Feb 2024 #14
It's always projection with these criminals. yardwork Feb 2024 #55
Is it "projection"? orthoclad Feb 2024 #62
Elon, just STFU RussBLib Feb 2024 #3
This bigot ran away from South Africa as apartheid collapsed struggle4progress Feb 2024 #4
He ran away from South Africa to avoid military service. DavidDvorkin Feb 2024 #35
Maybe. But he regularly spouts racist and anti-semitic crap; and when he left in '89 struggle4progress Feb 2024 #41
The fact that he ran away to avoid military service and now spouts those things demonstrates his hypocrisy DavidDvorkin Feb 2024 #43
More proof that a rich man, need not be a smart one. mzmolly Feb 2024 #5
Smarts don't count. Wealth and power count. orthoclad Feb 2024 #47
Well, Elon can't fake at being pretty like Habba does. Earth-shine Feb 2024 #60
He can buy people to say he's pretty. orthoclad Feb 2024 #63
He is so stupid! Just like the other igits he thinks someone can come across the border and straight Maraya1969 Feb 2024 #6
Please ask Elon if he found it easy to vote as an immigrant. blm Feb 2024 #10
Oh wow! Great point! Maraya1969 Feb 2024 #17
Shut UP you MUSH POS. Cha Feb 2024 #7
I second that Cha. bdamomma Feb 2024 #53
Of course, it's illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal, state, and most local elections William Seger Feb 2024 #8
Some states, presumably those which include a number of good-sized areas soldierant Feb 2024 #21
Damn, what an idiot PatSeg Feb 2024 #9
he is a bigot and a fool BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 #11
I wonder Ollie Garkie Feb 2024 #12
Performative. speak easy Feb 2024 #15
How did this brainless idiot get to be so rich? patphil Feb 2024 #16
born into it, and lots of government contracts. niyad Feb 2024 #23
Speaking of so-called illegals IndyPepper Feb 2024 #18
I'll listen when they ban foreign campaign cash IbogaProject Feb 2024 #19
Keep talking, Nazi. byronius Feb 2024 #20
egoloon muskrat should stop wasting resources. niyad Feb 2024 #22
Muck Fusk. That is all....... Mopar151 Feb 2024 #26
HE IS MAKING SURE HE WON Jimvanhise Feb 2024 #24
Musk is a national security risk because of what he owns PufPuf23 Feb 2024 #27
He should be required to prove his accusations or stfu. Deuxcents Feb 2024 #28
I will never, ever buy a Tesla ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #29
Nope, me either. Initech Feb 2024 #57
If people are here illegally, they are not voting. AllyCat Feb 2024 #30
Thank you for framing your sentence correctly. TxGuitar Feb 2024 #37
There are no "illegals". I find that term AllyCat Feb 2024 #38
I don't know how any astronaut would risk his/her life in one of his giant private rockets. Jack-o-Lantern Feb 2024 #31
Musk surely knows better. hay rick Feb 2024 #32
Thanks for letting us know you're a racist and xenophobe, Elmo. sakabatou Feb 2024 #33
Scaring voters with immigrant lies is right out of Putin's dbsinformaotn narrative. Irish_Dem Feb 2024 #34
A person is not illegal TxGuitar Feb 2024 #36
"Almost every asshole is a Republican voter"...There. I fixed it. Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #39
Eat shit fascist. nt Hotler Feb 2024 #40
Because everyone knows illegals can vote bif Feb 2024 #42
Said the legal immigrant. Kid Berwyn Feb 2024 #44
No human is illegal. yardwork Feb 2024 #46
"But I NEED x-Shitter, because...reasons" maxrandb Feb 2024 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2024 #49
The whole Republican anti-immigration movement is due to this notion live love laugh Feb 2024 #50
Almost every Republican commits crimes Stardust Mirror Feb 2024 #51
Proves The Bopper Feb 2024 #52
From genius to moron, the sad decline of Johonny Feb 2024 #54
people who come into the country without proper documentation avoid the government at all costs DBoon Feb 2024 #56
Musk is an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #58
this man is a piece of crap RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2024 #59
I quit twitter maptap22 Feb 2024 #61

truthisfreedom

(23,246 posts)
1. Ugh. I'm so glad I finally sold my Tesla roadster.
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 11:39 PM
Feb 2024

I’ve been waiting for years to get rid of that thing. Elon has lost his mind, and I want no visible association with him. I’m stuck using Starlink until something else is available, sadly, but I don’t have to drive it in public!

On topic: since he’s an immigrant himself, he should know better. Anyone here illegally cannot vote.

airplaneman

(1,259 posts)
25. I am in perfect luck.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 01:42 AM
Feb 2024

There is nothing that Musk has to sell that I can afford. So I have no worries about owning something of his.
-Airplane

TheBlackAdder

(28,515 posts)
45. He's now aiding Russia with his StarLink system, conflicting with State Dept., and should have citizenship revoked.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 02:51 PM
Feb 2024

PurgedVoter

(2,286 posts)
2. Someone check on how he got into our country.
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 11:40 PM
Feb 2024

If there was a test, I am pretty sure he would have failed it.

SergeStorms

(19,222 posts)
13. Probably on an "Einstein" visa.....
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:18 AM
Feb 2024

just like Malaria Trump.

The only thing Eloon is a genius of is taking other people's ideas, along with government handouts, and parlaying them into shit-tons of money. On paper.

orthoclad

(3,171 posts)
14. There's evidence that he violated his visa
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:18 AM
Feb 2024

Something about not qualifying as a student. He was probably illegal -- with money.

yardwork

(62,578 posts)
55. It's always projection with these criminals.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 05:16 PM
Feb 2024

Musk probably assumes that others are just as criminal as he is.

orthoclad

(3,171 posts)
62. Is it "projection"?
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 07:52 PM
Feb 2024

Projection is a defense mechanism. The project-or believes in their own essential innocence, iirc.

This is more like an "offense" mechanism. He knows he ain't innocent - just entitled.

We trust the space program to this guy? The sky ain't the limit.

And yes, it seems to be a common characteristic of our oligarchs to assume universal criminality. That's the ocean they swim in.

RussBLib

(9,269 posts)
3. Elon, just STFU
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 11:43 PM
Feb 2024

...just because you're rich doesn't mean you are knowledgeable on any and every subject.

I am so sick of this megalomaniac.

struggle4progress

(118,701 posts)
41. Maybe. But he regularly spouts racist and anti-semitic crap; and when he left in '89
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 01:49 PM
Feb 2024

apartheid was collapsing; so I'll stick with what I said before

DavidDvorkin

(19,641 posts)
43. The fact that he ran away to avoid military service and now spouts those things demonstrates his hypocrisy
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 02:05 PM
Feb 2024

He should have stayed and helped the government fight to stay in power instead of fleeing to physical safety and then expressing support for what the old government stood for.

orthoclad

(3,171 posts)
47. Smarts don't count. Wealth and power count.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 03:40 PM
Feb 2024

He can fake being smart, like Habba says she does.
SpaceX had/has a whole layer of management to isolate him from the actual work.

Maraya1969

(22,831 posts)
6. He is so stupid! Just like the other igits he thinks someone can come across the border and straight
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:01 AM
Feb 2024

into a voting booth! Even if you are approved all the way it still takes years to be come citizen in this country.

William Seger

(10,852 posts)
8. Of course, it's illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal, state, and most local elections
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:08 AM
Feb 2024

There might be a few dumb enough to try to vote, but the thing that keeps voter fraud pretty low is the extremely poor risk/reward ratio.

soldierant

(7,435 posts)
21. Some states, presumably those which include a number of good-sized areas
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:50 AM
Feb 2024

where a good number of people live but are not incorporated into s city or town, allow them to form "special districts" such as fire districts an water districts with the authority to assess taxes to keep them running. I happen to live in one of each of those. Non-citizens may vote in special district elections if they own land in the district, alone or jointly. No taxation without representation, after all. But it would surprise me if someone not here legally would be allowed to vote even in these. If I were here illegally, I certainly would not try. I've read too much about ICE detention centers, razor wire, stuff like that.

Ollie Garkie

(190 posts)
12. I wonder
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:16 AM
Feb 2024

If someone can explain to me why the one person I know personally who might be guilty of voter fraud is a rich white republican , real estate developer interestingly enough.

patphil

(6,526 posts)
16. How did this brainless idiot get to be so rich?
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:29 AM
Feb 2024

You have to register to vote. That's going to require at least proof of citizenship, social security number, and some sort of ID card that is approved by the state you're going to vote in.

IndyPepper

(38 posts)
18. Speaking of so-called illegals
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:38 AM
Feb 2024

Entering the country is not a criminal offense, but rather a civil offense subject to fine and/or deportation. MAGAs sure love to throw that word around while ignoring the fact that the Slobfather is a repeat offender of numerous legal statutes.

byronius

(7,468 posts)
20. Keep talking, Nazi.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:50 AM
Feb 2024

I used to dream of owning a Tesla — now, anything with that name should just die.

Jimvanhise

(328 posts)
24. HE IS MAKING SURE HE WON
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 01:40 AM
Feb 2024

No question, Musk is definitely winner of the right wing prick of the year award.

PufPuf23

(8,991 posts)
27. Musk is a national security risk because of what he owns
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 01:52 AM
Feb 2024

and because his brain and emotions are pathological.

Musk may be a citizen but he is also a foreigner messing with our democracy and foreign affairs.

TxGuitar

(4,249 posts)
37. Thank you for framing your sentence correctly.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:24 AM
Feb 2024

It is so offensive to call people illegal. The act or deed can be illegal but not a person. A person can commit an illegal act.

hay rick

(7,915 posts)
32. Musk surely knows better.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 02:24 AM
Feb 2024

He is not as brilliant as he believes himself to be nor is he as stupid as this remark suggests. This is simple, blatant dishonesty.

Irish_Dem

(53,278 posts)
34. Scaring voters with immigrant lies is right out of Putin's dbsinformaotn narrative.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:07 AM
Feb 2024

Musk and Putin are working together.

maxrandb

(15,658 posts)
48. "But I NEED x-Shitter, because...reasons"
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 04:23 PM
Feb 2024

Say progressives and liberals still using that Nazi's platform.

Please, keep putting money in this fucksticks pocket.

Response to Galraedia (Original post)

DBoon

(22,647 posts)
56. people who come into the country without proper documentation avoid the government at all costs
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 05:33 PM
Feb 2024

Where they come from, government is corrupt and out to get you.

In addition to this innate distrust, they do not want to raise their visibility and risk deportation.

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