Larry the Cable Guy lashed out at Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT) after she awkwardly complained that House Republicans were supposedly “afraid” of Elon Musk.
Let me repeat that. The guy playing Mater – you know, like “tuh-mater” but without the “tuh” – is trying to explain plain concepts about congressional spending to a sitting congresswoman.
Now don’t get me wrong. Larry is a shrewd guy who has created a brilliant character in the world of comedy. But DeLauro should be one of our best and brightest as a representative of the people.
Instead we get this.
🚨 RIGHT NOW: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) mocks Republicans for “getting scared – because President Musk said, ‘Don’t do it.'” [pass the bill]!’”
“Imagine. What does HE know about what people go through when the government shuts down? Are his employees furloughed? Hell no! Is… pic.twitter.com/JNKCZ4kWXU
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 19, 2024
I am sure that Ms. DeLauro, representing the beautiful state of Connecticut, is doing exactly what every good Democratic foot soldier has done in recent days. They got the memo to try to mock President-elect Trump by declaring Musk the real leader, and they’re doing their best.
She claimed that GOP officials had “agreed on a bill,” but “You know what? They were afraid because President Musk told them that President Musk said not to do it.”
To recap: What you see above is a sitting congresswoman with purple hair ranting like some kind of cokehead Purple-backed starlingsuggesting that her colleagues are too afraid to pass a bill that has a 0% chance of her reading it.
Connecticut – particularly the 3rd District – The is the best you have to offer?
Larry the Cable Guy, whose real name is Daniel Whitney, often shies away from politics due to the toxicity of unhinged media on social media, but has openly suggested on X that both political parties need to break the resolution into standalone bills.
He bolstered that argument by calling out DeLauro’s “crazy behavior.”
“These are our best and brightest. My goodness. Why doesn’t grandma’s purple hair and all the D and R designs stand on their own?” wondered Mr. Cable Guy. “Hmm…then they’re mad at Musk for providing a platform where taxpayers can see the shenanigans in real time.”
“I feel like the punk rock retirees here are more upset that they no longer have control over what Americans see.”
This is crazy behavior. These are our best and brightest. My goodness. Why aren’t Grandma’s purple hair and all those D and R designs separate bills? Hmm…then they’re mad at Musk for providing a platform where taxpayers can see the shenanigans in real time. I have a… https://t.co/thBmAddpNj
— Larry The Cable Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) December 20, 2024
LOL. Punk rock retiree. I don’t care who you are. That’s pretty humorous.
Also bingo. Rep. DeLauro is the same person who endorsed and celebrated Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s plan to invest in female crash test dummies, which she said was an significant step toward combating “gender inequality.”
WATCH: Rep. Rosa DeLauro praises transportation secretary. Buttigieg for developing “female crash test dummies”
“This will help address gender inequality in vehicle safety and accident casualties.” pic.twitter.com/C85Ll2mQJ9
– Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 20, 2023
Female crash test dummies Do have some merit, but the price of these puppies was 20 million dollars. Not to mention that the party that doesn’t know what a woman is suddenly wants their crash test dolls to be anatomically correct.
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And therein lies the problem. The American people are told too often that we must keep the government open or seniors and children will die. That we have to pass the bill and find out what it says later.
With X now the leading source of real-time media and information, lawmakers no longer have that luxury. Musk fired off examples of waste comparable to $20 million crash test dummies in this CR (continued resolution) and people didn’t want it. The congressmen then revolted.
But Larry’s idea remains solid. He first addressed the topic of standalone bills in a very early morning post on X-Thursday.
“I have an idea. Why not just vote on one bill at a time and stop adding things that no one wants to pay for? This is our money!” he wrote. “How is this difficult?”
I have an idea. Why not just vote on one bill at a time and stop adding things that no one wants to pay for? It’s our money! How complex is that?🤷♂️ BEULER? Bill 1: Hurricane Victims Passport. 2: Farmers, ready. Next… let’s go… chop chop…3: Health centers, over. Next 4: Troops,… https://t.co/zvv7uZRpD9
— Larry The Cable Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) December 19, 2024
Rep. Thomas Massie (Republican of Kentucky), a fiercely fiscal conservative, appears to agree.
“It’s not complicated. Separate the bills and vote on them individually,” he said wrote on X. “One voice for clean CR. One vote on the debt limit. A voice for disaster relief. A voice to save agriculture.”
“Radical, right? Individual invoices for each expense.”
So radical that a comedian who starred in a movie called Witless Protection has to explain it slowly so members of Congress can understand it.
Done, Larry.
