MicroWaveDonald Trump admits EV flip-flop was a quid pro quo to secure Elon Musk’s support
givesomefucks“Endorsement” meaning the 25 million a month to a PAC…
How the fuck are we not going after them for this?
The PAC system is incredibly fucked, but outside of a handful of progressives no politicians want to admit it’s legal bribery
maybe this is the straw that breaks the camels back. hoping this admission changes things
It won’t.
Biden inherited the HVF, and called it the BVF but it did the same thing.
A big part of the discussion of Kamala taking over, was if she got the BVF.
I don’t know what she’s calling it now, but she has it.
It’s the thing Hillary did that took all the money from state parties, that coordinated with the DNC during the primary. Giant shit show.
politico.com/…/dnc-leak-clinton-team-deflected-st…
washingtonpost.com/…/d2bf51cc-978a-11ea-82b4-c8db…
www.npr.org/…/harris-biden-fec-campaign-finance
Neither party will do shit about it, because they all benefit from it
Democracy™️
is this sarcasm
nope. I lfeel like I’ve read a lot of news headlines recently that lean towards my political bias. I was feeling the blue wave for a bit before I snapped back to reality lol
45mill*
Elon apparently denies it but I’d lie about it too
“Endorsement” meaning the 25 million a month to a PAC…
Oh, I can see the problem here - you thought he was giving his pro-Trump PAC $25 million. That’s just not true. $25 million? That would be crazy.
No, no, it was $45 million.
Because they all take super PAC money and dont want the flows to stop.
Except ofc Bernie and a handful of others
No it’s not bribery. He changed his stance for Musk’s endorsement. Musk then exercised his free speech into a Trump PAC. There was no coordination. Besides, even if there was coordination, it was a just a gratuity after the service!
Just a little bit of corruption, as a treat!
Lite corruption
Really thick, pasty corruption, generously applied.
“We” aren’t going after them for this because they all do it, Trump just said it out loud. Welcome to American politics. This will never get fixed because the people in power stand to lose millions of dollars if it does. People will posture, pander, and pretend, but they will never get a majority willing to take the pay cut and actually fix it. It’s the a glitch in a capitalist republic.
SanctusOh it can totally be fixed. People change their tune really quick when they can’t put food in their mouths, and others change faster within close proximity to wood chippers.
The most recent group of people that acted on their emotional desires in this vain did so in support of the man who is taking money from a billionaire (hundred-billionare?) to stay in power in exchange for changing their policy position to favor the donor. This group failed and many were convicted of federal crimes.
When did people attack billionaires?
Every ad should be a clip of Trump raging against electric cars, then the Musk tweet, then a clip of him praising electric cars. End with: do you really think he works for you?
I’m sure you can build more ads on this theme with the millions of other things he flip flopped on when someone promised him a bag of cash.
That should be one ad. Another should be about him turning on every one of his supporters that he’s turned on. Trump: on your side as long as it’s still convenient for him.