{"id":1127188,"date":"2021-12-17T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127188"},"modified":"2021-12-17T01:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:29:13","slug":"elon-musk-rips-senator-karen-elizabeth-warren-in-lengthy-online-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-rips-senator-karen-elizabeth-warren-in-lengthy-online-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Rips \u2018Senator Karen\u2019 Elizabeth Warren in Lengthy Online Spat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-rips-senator-karen-elizabeth-warren-in-lengthy-online-spat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Elon-Musk-strikes-a-pose-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>After Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) attacked \u201cfreeloading\u201d Billionaire Elon Musk following his selection as <\/span><i><span>Time<\/span><\/i><span> Magazine\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year,\u201d the space entrepreneur hit back \u2014 referring to Warren as \u201cSenator Karen,\u201d comparing her to an angry mom, and telling her to \u201cstop projecting.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tesla founder Elon Musk hit back on Tuesday after Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren attacked the tech billionaire following his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is-elon-musk\/\"><span>naming<\/span><\/a><span> as <\/span><i><span>Time<\/span><\/i><span>\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>On her official campaign account, the Massachusetts senator shared a mock image of Musk\u2019s \u201c<\/span><i><span>Time<\/span><\/i><span> Person of the Year\u201d cover, blasting him for \u201cgetting richer during the pandemic\u201d while avoiding taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.952755905512\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When someone makes it big in America\u2014millionaire big, billionaire big, Person of the Year big\u2014part of it has to include paying it forward so the next kid can get a chance, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OQUYXf5kIq\">https:\/\/t.co\/OQUYXf5kIq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1470436771150323714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>From her official Senate account, the 72-year-old Warren did not hold back her feelings on Musk\u2019s nomination.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cLet\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1470415896053227522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In response, Musk highlighted a past controversy revolving around Warren\u2019s alleged falsification of her ethnic background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cStop projecting!\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1470848958897471497?s=20\"><span>replied<\/span><\/a><span> while sharing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/elizabeth-warren-is-a-fraud-her-lies-about-being-native-american-disqualify-her-from-presidency-senate.amp\"><span>piece<\/span><\/a><span> describing her as a \u201cfraud\u201d and detailing her long history of misrepresenting her alleged Native American heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the SpaceX CEO didn\u2019t stop there.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cYou remind me of when I was a kid and my friend\u2019s angry Mom would just randomly yell at everyone for no reason,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1470855186734276610?s=20\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span> shortly after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a tweet that as of Thursday morning received over 140,000 likes \u2014 nearly three times as many as Warren\u2019s original \u2014 Musk ridiculed Warren again, this time referring to her as \u201cSenator Karen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cPlease don\u2019t call the manager on me, Senator Karen,\u201d he quipped.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4851485148515\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please don\u2019t call the manager on me, Senator Karen \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1470858546153762819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The term \u201cKaren\u201d is often used as slang for entitled, obnoxious, and overbearing women, often used mockingly in reference to white women.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, in an interview with MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid \u2014 who called Musk \u201cthe absolute worst\u201d \u2014 Warren responded by saying, \u201c\u2019The world\u2019s richest freeloader evidently has a very thin skin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1792452830189\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ewarren<\/a> responds to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thereidout?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thereidout<\/a>: &#8220;The world&#8217;s richest freeloader evidently has a very thin skin.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheReidOut?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheReidOut<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#reiders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FkgeSWtl8b\">pic.twitter.com\/FkgeSWtl8b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The ReidOut (@thereidout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thereidout\/status\/1471282891254603778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In response, the outspoken billionaire struck back at Reid for her overblown defense of Warren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c(Lack of) Joy Reid is a lobbyist for Sen Karen,\u201d Musk said on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4888888888889\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(Lack of) Joy Reid is a lobbyist for Sen Karen<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1471580241537732608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Musk, who is expected to pay a tax bill of over $15 billion in the coming months on stock options he was awarded back in 2012, retaliated further, claiming he\u2019ll \u201cpay more taxes than any American in history this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.969696969697\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1470898920146542592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cDon\u2019t spend it all at once,\u201d he teased in a follow-up tweet, \u201coh wait you did already.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After spotting a clip showing Warren deplaning from a private jet, Musk called out the senator for hypocrisy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.327868852459\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a hypocrite!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1471182092751056897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Some prominent political voices also weighed in on the Twitter feud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cElizabeth Warren says<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\"> <span>@elonmusk<\/span><\/a><span> is a freeloader. But which of the two has created new innovations, new products, new wealth, new possibilities for the future?\u201d asked conservative commentator Dinesh D\u2019Souza.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne\u2019s a visionary; the other is a professional fake who cashed in on pretending to be a Native American,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat a contrast!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.991044776119\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elizabeth Warren says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> is a freeloader. But which of the two has created new innovations, new products, new wealth, new possibilities for the future? One\u2019s a visionary; the other is a professional fake who cashed in on pretending to be a Native American. What a contrast!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dinesh D&#8217;Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/1471120135146639371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThey modeled \u2018Karen\u2019 on Elizabeth,\u201d quipped Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.44\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They modeled \u2018Karen\u2019 on Elizabeth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xm71TGItmB\">https:\/\/t.co\/xm71TGItmB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1470954503528722432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cElon Musk contributes more to this country in one day than Elizabeth Warren will in her entire existence,\u201d wrote Ohio State Rep. Mike Loychik (R).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk contributes more to this country in one day than Elizabeth Warren will in her entire existence.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Representative Mike Loychik (@MikeLoychik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLoychik\/status\/1471181552788905987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>This is not the first time Musk has feuded with progressive lawmakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, after Senate Budget Committee Chairman and self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1459584250668331011?s=20\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cWe must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period,\u201d Musk was quick to respond:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI keep forgetting that you\u2019re still alive,\u201d he replied, adding: \u201cWant me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4851485148515\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1459904966194253824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1457497438474981384?s=20\"><span>spatted<\/span><\/a><span> with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon who called for a \u201cBillionaires Income Tax.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Musk, officially the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elizahaverstock\/2021\/12\/09\/elon-musk-loses-15-billion-on-thursday-as-tesla-stock-drops-6\/?sh=1935f2ff7680\"><span>richest person<\/span><\/a><span> in the world with an estimated $263 billion fortune, has often borne the brunt of relentless progressive attacks on his success.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Musk\u2019s companies have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-spacex-110k-jobs-worldwide-elon-musk\/\"><span>created<\/span><\/a><span> over 100,000 jobs over the years, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/10\/24\/musk-says-tesla-has-a-first-class-health-clinic-for-employees.html\"><span>providing<\/span><\/a><span> healthcare to taxpaying employees across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to taking humans to space, pioneering the manufacturing of electric cars, and revolutionizing how we travel, he has also been a leading force in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/elon-musk-outlined-two-critical-things-threatening-humanity\"><span>investing<\/span><\/a><span> in clean energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Sen. 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