{"id":1158505,"date":"2021-12-26T19:34:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T00:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1158505"},"modified":"2021-12-26T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T00:34:36","slug":"elon-musk-slams-senator-warren-over-taxes-if-you-could-die-by-irony-she-would-be-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-slams-senator-warren-over-taxes-if-you-could-die-by-irony-she-would-be-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Slams Senator Warren Over Taxes: \u2018If You Could Die By Irony, She Would Be Dead\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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-slams-senator-warren-over-taxes-if-you-could-die-by-irony-she-would-be-dead%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=1158505&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--><p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk slammed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during an interview with The Babylon Bee last week following his recent Twitter spat with her over taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe struck first,\u201d Musk said. \u201cObviously. She called me a freeloader and a grifter who doesn\u2019t pay taxes, basically. And I\u2019m literally paying the most tax that any individual in history has ever paid this year, ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she doesn\u2019t pay taxes, basically at all. And her salary is paid for by the taxpayer, like me,\u201d Musk continued. \u201cIf you could die by irony, she would be dead. If irony could kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-responds-to-elizabeth-warren-spending-thousands-on-facebook-ads-attacking-him\">reported<\/a>, Musk and Warren began feuding last week after Warren attacked Musk following him being named Time Magazine\u2019s Person of the Year. \u201cLet\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else,\u201d Warren tweeted along with a news article on Musk\u2019s status from Time.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded with a torrent of tweets, the first of which stated, \u201cStop projecting!\u201d alongside an op-ed published on Fox News that featured the title: \u201cElizabeth Warren is a fraud \u2014 Her lies about being Native American disqualify her from presidency, Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\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 Musk added. \u201cPlease don\u2019t call the manager on me, Senator Karen \ud83d\ude4f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year,\u201d Musk later added. \u201cDon\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warren responded by spending thousands of dollars on six Facebook ads attacking Musk.<\/p>\n<p>All six ads feature a graphic that included a black and white picture of Musk, calling him in red a \u201cFREELOADING BILLIONAIRE,\u201d claiming that he \u201cAVOIDS TAXES\u201d and that he \u201cMADE OVER $200B IN THE PANDEMIC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad concludes by stating: \u201cIT\u2019S TIME FOR A WEALTH TAX.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The six ads differed in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=all&amp;ad_type=all&amp;country=US&amp;view_all_page_id=38471053686&amp;search_type=page&amp;media_type=all\">captions<\/a>&nbsp;that they featured, which included the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThin-skinned freeloader Elon Musk is whining like a baby because I want him to pay his fair share in taxes. Sign up today to make sure that my colleagues in the Senate know that you\u2019re on board to pass a wealth tax and hold billionaires accountable.\u201d\u201cLet\u2019s make one thing clear: we need to change our tax laws to stop Elon Musk from freeloading off of everyday Americans. But when I point out the obvious, he whines like a baby. Will you sign on today to tell my colleagues in Congress to pass a wealth tax in America?\u201d\u201cLet\u2019s make one thing clear: we need to change our tax laws to stop Elon Musk from freeloading off of everyday Americans. But when I point out the obvious, he whines like a baby. Will you chip in $10 to help Warren Democrats pass a wealth tax, keep the 1% in check and fight for working people?\u201d\u201cElon Musk is whining like a baby to his millions of Twitter followers. He must be scared because he knows what every other billionaire in America does: that he\u2019s been freeloading off of working people, and that I won\u2019t back down from a fight. Will you chip in $10 to help Warren Democrats pass a wealth tax, keep the 1% in check and fight for working people?\u201d\u201cElon Musk has gotten more than $250 billion dollars richer during the pandemic, and when I ask him to pay his fair share in taxes, he whines like a baby. Will you chip in $10 to help Warren Democrats pass a wealth tax, keep the 1% in check and fight for working people?\u201d\u201cSIGN UP TODAY&gt;&gt;&gt; Let\u2019s make one thing clear: we need to change our tax laws to stop Elon Musk from freeloading off of everyday Americans. Will you sign on today to tell my colleagues in Congress to pass a wealth tax in America?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to the attack ads by writing on Twitter: \u201cThis is such a deeply messed up lie to the American people. She is the one freeloading off taxpayers, while I\u2019m paying the largest amount of tax of any individual in history. Is @SenWarren really someone we want as a US senator?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is such a deeply messed up lie to the American people. She is the one freeloading off taxpayers, while I\u2019m paying the largest amount of tax of any individual in history. <\/p>\n<p>Is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWarren<\/a> really someone we want as a US senator?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1471944307997171712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk slammed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during an interview with The Babylon Bee last week following his recent Twitter spat with her over taxes. \u201cShe struck first,\u201d Musk said. \u201cObviously. She called me a freeloader and a grifter who doesn\u2019t pay taxes, basically. And I\u2019m literally paying the most tax that any &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}