Summary

Republicans’ efforts to portray Elon Musk as a MAGA martyr are failing, as his victim narrative struggles to resonate with conservative audiences.

Musk’s controversial statements and perceived elitism, including his complaints of being targeted by Democrats, have alienated even right-wing supporters.

Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand, and Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings, especially on economic issues.

Attempts to rally sympathy for Musk, including his emotional Fox News appearance, have largely backfired.

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    Elon Musk and Trump are both traitors to Americs and deserve the maximum sentence for treason.

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    DOGE wants to kill me, by taking away my insulin. I have good reason to want Musk and Trump to be trapped in a burning cyber truck.

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    Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings

    Wow, you have to be a special kind of shitty to actually hurt Trump’s image, rather than the other way around.

  • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Elon Musk is a real victim, inside of having “more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime”, now he only has “more money than anyone should ever be able to amass or dream of spending in one lifetime”.

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    “They basically want to kill me”. Quote from people discussing their american health plans?

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    She’d a tear for the billionaire as he dismantles our social safety net to give his cronies a tax break.

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      There isn’t much of a safety net to dismantle, but he’ll find a way.

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    i mean, what did he expect if he threatens to slash social security? any attempt to slash social security is a declaration of war to the civil class; and if you’re declaring war, you better be ready to die.

    how can we respect their lifes if they don’t respect our lifes?

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      slashing social security is murder, you have the right to self-defense.

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      Come the margin call I’ma feast on a dozen fried eggs and maybe, just maybe a tiny smidge of K

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    He is such a ridiculous asswipe that it seems like he’s doing it on purpose to help distract from other billionaires falling in line or random horrible shit the administration is doing.

    I doubt it’s an act, and I suspect he’s really just that much of an asswipe, but damn.

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      He’s one of the most prominent disconnected individuals out there. It’s almost certainly not an act, he’s just an idiot. One of the most powerful and influential idiots that has ever existed, unfortunately…

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      Honestly, I don’t think there’s any distraction tactics. Anyone who can’t see what’s happening is blind. It’s full on dictatorship in progress, people.

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    They say things like this because their base wants to kill people they dislike. Most people don’t want to kill people they dislike, they want them to win three Guinness World Records for longest lasting, least operable, and largest hemorrhoids.