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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,697 posts)
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 04:46 PM Feb 2025

Elon Mocks The Federal Workers He Fired In A Post

Co-President Elon Musk mocked the hundreds of thousands of Americans he has put out of work in a post on X Tuesday, seeming to revel in the destruction of the American middle class that he has helped cause.

"This time, the DC swamp is actually draining," Musk posted in response to a tweet that quoted an CNBC study stating that unemployment is spiking in Washington, D.C. as a result of the Trump and Musk purge of federal employees.




Musk is celebrating the destruction of the D.C. community itself, cynically labeling anyone who works in the public sector as part of the "swamp," despite the fact that his cuts sweep across multiple government departments, from USAID, to the National Parks Service, Health and Human Services, Education, USDA scientists, and even the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA).

With D.C. literally being built for the sole purpose of housing the federal government, it could be catastrophic to the nation's capitol as a city and community to see this level of unemployment. Not just for government workers themselves, but for the service industry that caters to the D.C. community and to the tourism it generates.

https://meidasnews.com/news/elon-mocks-the-federal-workers-he-fired-in-a-post

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Elon Mocks The Federal Workers He Fired In A Post (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 OP
The world's richest asshole. spanone Feb 2025 #1
Silly me ... I thought the swamp the Rethugs once referred to rustysgurl Feb 2025 #2
He will be swinging from a light pole. Basso8vb Feb 2025 #3
honestly... FirstLight Feb 2025 #5
This has nothing to do with efficiency, and everything to do with a sick fuck getting his sick fuck on Blue Owl Feb 2025 #4
Destroying the capital of the most powerful country in the world. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #6
Congressman Garcia was spot on. City Lights Feb 2025 #7
A real life James Bond supervillain. Initech Feb 2025 #8
Use too much caustic drain cleaner and you blow the pipes, jackass. tanyev Feb 2025 #9

rustysgurl

(1,098 posts)
2. Silly me ... I thought the swamp the Rethugs once referred to
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 04:51 PM
Feb 2025

didn't include the hard-working civil servants who keep this place running on the daily. But what do I know?

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
5. honestly...
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 05:14 PM
Feb 2025

I'd love to see an entire rogue rebel band of people "hitting big targets like Ceo's ect ...all while wearing Luigi masks!

Blue Owl

(59,086 posts)
4. This has nothing to do with efficiency, and everything to do with a sick fuck getting his sick fuck on
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 05:02 PM
Feb 2025

Irish_Dem

(81,242 posts)
6. Destroying the capital of the most powerful country in the world.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 05:16 PM
Feb 2025

And loving every minute of it.

What if he were doing this to Paris, London, Tokyo?
We would be aghast.

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