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“I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’” the Texas Senator said on Fox News.

Ted Cruz used a Fox News interview to act as a human shield for Elon Musk, demanding Americans get down and kiss the billionaire’s feet for his DOGE work.

Musk has called time on his stint at the Trump administration, with his 130-day “special government employee” status elapsing on May 30. His time at Trump’s side was tumultuous, with Tesla caught up in the pushback against his cost-cutting DOGE.

Cruz appears shocked by the backlash, telling Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday evening that Americans should be expressing deep gratitude to Musk and chanting “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

This the guy trump warned us has the ugly wife or was she just fat

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Ted, you know he is racist against you too, don't you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Another one of those people/politicians who should not be taken seriously by anyone

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is his third term as a senator.

WTF Texas?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

Funnier when considering he was caught leaving for cancun when his state had no power and people were freezing during that one huge snowstorm. He literally abandoned them and then threw his own daughter under the bus LMAO

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Human Anal Wart Ted Cruz should shut up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Musk = POS Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

I guess Elon insulted his wife?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

He's not going to fuck you Ted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

What is a nation that cannot agree on what is good?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why, do you have Tesla shares? Is that why you are so upset?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All of Elon's businesses have big operations in Texas. Also Ted Cruz knows what happens to people that everyone hates, they turn into fish monsters like Ted Cruz.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

You're telling me that Ted Cruz got that way by being universally hated, and not because he is from Innsmouth?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

"Jews should stop being so nasty to Hitler!"

 

...Elon should follow his role model's example and eat a bullet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I’ll say thank you to Elon when Rafael Cruz tells Trump to fuck off for calling his wife a dog on live television.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Lick my sack, Cruz.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

I'll do exactly the opposite of what is requested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Ok, so we should direct it at ted then? SOMEBODY has to pay for all the shit he's fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We must increase our pressure against Elon Musk. Until he's bankrupt or behind bars he's still a huge threat to our country. Boycott all his companies. Sell your Tesla stock (it's high right now I can't predict the future but maybe it's peaked right now), stop using Twitter if you use it. Contact pension funds and demand they divest from Tesla.

For Starlink If you think it's the only choice for you maybe if you're just on the edge of cell phone reception you can use a parabolic antenna to get a reliable signal for 5g internet. This will likely be lower cost than Starlink. OneWeb has a competing service but they don't sell directly, I'm not sure how you can switch to OneWeb. Project Kuiper just launched their first satellites about a month ago. AST SpaceMobile might be an option too. If those options aren't available to you I predict there will be more alternatives for Starlink within the coming years.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Ted Cruz should help America by assassinating Ted Cruz.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

There's a muffler that's missing Ted Cruz's mouth on it. Go fuck yourself zodiac

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that Rafael "Cancun" Cruz talking? We're not done with your bitch ass Raffy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

We're not done with your bitch ass Raffy.

Can we please, though? 99.9999% of the world has had quite enough of that arrogant little creep.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

So, one Nazi party Rep covers another Nazi. Why am I not surprized? And will Ted Cruz get a free swasticar as a thank you from fElons overstock pile as a thank you?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Ted wants Elon's money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As a dude that grew up in Texas I say this from the bottom of my heart,

"Fuck off Ted! Musk took mine and all these other folks jobs! Fuck him and fuck you! I would say go back where you come from, but I like Canadians and they don't deserve to have to deal with you!"

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Reminder that absolutely no one has anything nice to say Ted Ratto Cruz. His own party hates and him even his constituents hate him.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep hearing this, yet his constituents keep electing him. So maybe they do like him, but they lie about that because they're ashamed of that fact.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

his constituents keep electing him. So maybe they do like him

Sounds like you're assuming that the Texas election system is anywhere near being close to something almost resembling representative democracy..

It's not.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Fuck Elon Musk and fuck Tesla. Torch that shit to the ground as monument to assholes who think they can buy through everything with money. Also watching Elon all confused and sobbing how we're all mean to him is just a cherry on top. Be an asshole, expect to be treated as an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

For ONCE I agree with RAFAEL (PREFERRED Names are ILLEGAL after all!)! WHY are people being SO MEAN to the RICH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT STEALING OUR JOBS? We should be THANKFUL that this Rich Illegal Immigrant even CHOSE our Country to Take All The Jobs from! We should be THANKFUL when ANY RICH PERSON, Illegal or not, Takes our Jobs!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

rich piece of shit defends other rich piece of shit for their rich piece of shit behavior

more at 11

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ted Cruz looks like elons sex hamster

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I'm gonna be extra nasty to him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah I was thinking more like “Get fucked get fucked get fucked!”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Red Cruz loves Nazi's

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"And the left decided he was Adolf Hitler. He was the embodiment of evil,” he said, branding the attacks on Tesla dealerships “domestic terrorism.”

Besides, among other things, Musk's talk attacking small minority groups like the trans community, I can't imagine where did "the left" got the crazy idea he was Hitler.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah "the left" (in America? Lol) didn't decide anything, Elon did.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

And apart from him clearly being a Nazi, the first amen gives all of us the right to verbally lambast Tesla and Elon. It's not domestic terrorism, it's freedom, you rather fucker, Rapheal...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

And then my rocket went like this until it exploded one mile higher than the last one.

Next one launches Saturday.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

If a sentient balloon animal filled with smegma, nerves, and pus could gain the capacity for communication, then I would prefer it's company over that of Ted Cruz.

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