If you’ve been reading political news in the last few days, you know that Democrats have a novel talking point. Legend has it that far from the humble, people-run affair of the Biden administration, the federal government has now become an “oligarchy” ruled by Elon Musk. Why? Because the billionaire said Congress shouldn’t pass a 1,500-page, pork-filled continuing resolution.
The horror, right?
Of course, the attacks on Musk and novel President Donald Trump, now touted as a “puppet,” were picked up by CNN’s liberal analysts. What they forgot is that Scott Jennings exists, and there is actually some truth being shared on the left wing network right now.
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JONES: There are large, fancy college words called oligarchy and plutocracy that people might want to look up tonight. It says “ruled by rich people,” and that’s what we’re dealing with. A bunch of opulent people, two opulent people, threw a fit online and turned the government upside down. Has the bill now passed from huge to petite? What happened was that the bipartisan deal negotiated by our nation’s elected officials was overturned by two billionaires who threw a fit, and it’s not even January yet.
I’ll get into Jennings’ Smackdown in a moment, but I want to talk about the framework here. If Jones thinks the outrage over the 1,500-page CR was narrow to Elon Musk, he is mistaken. The public outcry was huge and began before the Tesla and SpaceX owner said a word. Which is Jones Really Although he won’t admit it, he says social media sites like X give ordinary people a voice in their government that they didn’t have before. Ultimately, it was “elected officials” who decided not to vote for the original deal. The fact that they were influenced by the masses is a Good thing.
JENNINGS: Well, if Van is worried about unelected officials running the government, I would invite him to review the last four years of the Biden administration and perhaps pick up the Wall Street Journal this week. Apparently we had a president who was so weakened that his staff hid it from the American people and made significant decisions on behalf of the American government, even though he was never elected in the first place. So if you’re worried about that tonight, maybe take a look at the last four years.
Look, I think in the end it’s all good, all’s well. The government has not closed. We’re not in a crisis here over the holidays, and when Republicans are sworn in in January and Trump takes office on January 20th, they’re going to have to come together as a team and decide, ‘Are we going to work together or not?’
Hammer, hit nail. If the Democrats are now stoking fear of “unelected” people at the top of government, that means ignoring them Exactly what happened during President Joe Biden’s term.
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How does this compare to Musk publishing an online post? That is not the case. What he did was public and open. People could decide whether they agreed with him or not, and in the end that was the case elected officials who decided on a different deal. This is democracy in action. What isn’t democracy in action is a bunch of nameless characters running the government behind the scenes and lying to everyone about the president’s senility.
Jennings wasn’t done yet, however. He later appeared on Abby Phillip’s show and was confronted with the same talking points. Once again he was ready.
NEW: Scott Jennings hilariously mocks CNN panelist as she can’t decide if Trump is a dictator or just a puppet of Elon Musk.
Wait until you hear their answer at the end.
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JENNINGS: If he’s giving people information he didn’t have before or providing some transparency in this government, is that necessarily a bad thing?
PANEL MEMBER: I think that’s a great idea.
ROGINSKY: Elon Musk is doing this to get people to call their congressman or their congresswoman and tell them to vote against something that Elon Musk doesn’t want to vote for because it doesn’t directly benefit Elon Musk. To be clear: He’s not here…
JENNINGS: How do you know that?
ROGINSKY: How do I know that? Because look at this bill.
Wait a moment, because as Jennings goes on to note, this is a serious allegation. Was Musk against the 1,500-page CR because it didn’t “directly benefit” him? This should be pretty straightforward to figure out. What does the adopted 105-page CR say that was not in the original contract? If Roginsky cannot define this, then her claim is baseless.
I’ll go ahead and spoil it for you. She did not provide any evidence to support her claim.
JENNINGS: It’s a earnest claim. They are essentially alleging corruption.
ROGINSKY: First of all, I am not alleging corruption. I submit that Elon Musk has a special interest in seeing certain things happen that benefit Elon Musk’s business. That is a fact. He is a businessman. He is not here as an employee. If you were an employee and worked on the hill, he should go work on the hill. DOGE not, he purposely doesn’t go into government because then he would have to reveal a lot more information about himself than he and Vivek Ramaswamy want, so now they are just advisors.
They are unpaid consultants, and this is why Elon Musk is making Donald Trump and every other member of Congress believe that he is favoring Elon Musk.
PHILLIP: I’m not sure Donald Trump is doing anything to dissuade people from that position.
JENNINGS: In October, the Democrats’ main argument was, “Donald Trump is becoming a dictator,” and today it’s, “Donald Trump is just being controlled by other people.” Which is it?
ROGINSKY: It can be both!
The Democrats are so desperate to turn things in their favor that they can’t aid but lash out so violently. If Trump is a ruthless dictator willing to make America his personal fiefdom, then he can’t also be a powerless puppet controlled by Musk. That doesn’t make any sense at all. Also, the accusation that it’s somehow wrong for people to call their congressmen and tell them not to vote for a crappy CR is pretty crazy to me. Who does Roginsky think these “elected officials” are responsible for?
In the end, Musk has done nothing wrong here, and his involvement is not evidence of an “oligarchy.” It is evidence of an information age in which politicians can no longer hide what they are doing from the American people. This is anything but negative, but rather a great thing.
