Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) brushed off a comment by Elon Musk that he planned to fund moderates in heavily Democratic districts over the next two years in order to "get rid of those who don't represent them."
"When I worked for John Lewis back in the 60s, a lot of the money and power was against us. We did what we had to do. And I don’t know of a single Democrat who is afraid of Elon Musk’s money because we stay close to our constituents and we will outwork him," he said on CNN.
The media narrative in recent days and weeks has been to claim that Musk is the "real" president taking office and that he has some kind of power behind the scenes even though he wasn't elected.
That claim is rich considering that President Joe Biden has been in a diminished mental state since before taking office in 2021.
In reality, unelected officials have been running the country for the last four years, so why would they complain about that with Trump taking office?
Their woe-is-me attitude is almost humorous, as illustrated by this tweet.
The next two years sound awesome !!!
Quote:
“Can you imagine what the next two years are going to be like?”“there's a tweet from an individual ... who threatens members on the Republican side with a primary, they succumb?”pic.twitter.com/Nu7SOT7RC6
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) December 20, 2024
As Scott Jennings of CNN pointed out, the Wall Street Journal this week began talking about Biden's diminished capacity during his presidency, giving several examples from three years ago in 2021 to describe his lack of function.
The report cited dozens of sources and gave specific details about the diminished nature of Biden's mental state.
It also said that handlers surrounding the president controlled who he spoke to, what his team said to him, and what information he received.
"Un-elected people have been running the government for the last four years. I hear Democrats criticizing the influence of billionaires on our politics when you've got this Soros punk running around collecting Democrat politicians like my kids collect Pokémon cards," Jennings said.
"I think all the criticism of Musk coming from the left is totally hypocritical, totally over the top," he added.
Of course, the White House is clinging to the party line that Biden is totally fine and sharp as a tack.
The denial of reality by the powers that be is one of the main reasons Democrats lost big in the election, and they are bound to lose more if they don't face facts.
