{"id":1169117,"date":"2021-12-29T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1169117"},"modified":"2021-12-29T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T16:35:48","slug":"who-else-do-you-want-to-loot-sen-cruz-destroys-progressive-leader-over-elon-musk-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-else-do-you-want-to-loot-sen-cruz-destroys-progressive-leader-over-elon-musk-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Who Else Do You Want To Loot?\u2019: Sen. Cruz Destroys Progressive Leader Over Elon Musk Attacks"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fwho-else-do-you-want-to-loot-sen-cruz-destroys-progressive-leader-over-elon-musk-attacks%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=1169117&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>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz shot back at Washington Democrat and Progressive Caucus Leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal over her \u201ctax the rich\u201d accusations against Elon Musk, mockingly asking, \u201cWho else do you want to loot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz shared the remarks in a Twitter post on Wednesday that included Jayapal\u2019s criticisms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGot it. You don\u2019t like @elonmusk,\u201d the senator wrote. \u201cWho else do you want to loot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Got it. You don\u2019t like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who else do you want to loot? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5iJ49vH4Ob\">https:\/\/t.co\/5iJ49vH4Ob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1476184112121749512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jayapal claimed: \u201cElon Musk made $36 BILLION in one day, but wants to brag about paying an $11 billion tax bill. Oh yeah, he also added more than $270 BILLION in wealth just since the pandemic started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She argued it is, \u201cTime for the rich to pay their fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Jayapal confuses Musk\u2019s net worth for money in his bank account. Musk did not make \u201c$36 billion in one day\u201d; his net worth increased that amount. And just as quickly as it rose, it could fall. Adding $270 billion in wealth is not the same as depositing $270 billion into one\u2019s bank account, thus, someone cannot be taxed on their net worth.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in December, Jayapal\u2019s team also sent a fundraising email after Musk was named Time Magazine\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t believe Time Magazine just named Elon Musk its \u2018Person of the Year,\u2019\u201d the email said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/585632-time-faces-criticism-for-making-elon-musk-person-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. The message added that Musk is \u201cthe richest person in the world and yet he avoids paying his taxes while working families struggle to put food on the table and pay rent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz\u2019s remarks refer to Jayapal\u2019s support for expanded taxation and federal government. The Washington congresswoman\u2019s radical progressive views have included a wide range of government programs.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal wrote on Monday that President Joe Biden \u201cmust\u201d cancel at least $50,000 of student debt per person by executive action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtending the student loan payment pause was a great first step, but it\u2019s NOT enough.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> must use his executive power to cancel at least $50K of student debt for more than 42 million Americans,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Extending the student loan payment pause was a great first step, but it\u2019s NOT enough.@POTUS must use his executive power to cancel at least $50K of student debt for more than 42 million Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PramilaJayapal\/status\/1475671599038836737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jayapal also recently advocated to end the Senate filibuster, a long-standing tradition that requires at least a 60-vote supermajority to pass most legislation among the nation\u2019s 100 senators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd the filibuster and save our democracy,\u201d she wrote on Friday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Senate seems to care more about protecting the filibuster than protecting the right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not an acceptable reality \u2014 not now, not ever. End the filibuster and save our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PramilaJayapal\/status\/1474190594465480710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pramila-jayapal-reacts-to-elon-musk-paying-11-billion-in-taxes-by-asking-rich-to-pay-their-fair-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> regarding the congresswoman\u2019s attacks on West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin over his lack of support for his party\u2019s Build Back Better spending bill:<\/p>\n<p><em>On Sunday, Jayapal likewise&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rep-jayapal-biden-should-use-executive-power-to-implement-build-back-better-after-legislation-stalls\">slammed<\/a>&nbsp;her colleague, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), for pulling his support for President Biden\u2019s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNearly a year ago, President Biden laid out his Build Back Better agenda: a broad vision to meet the individual and collective challenges Americans face, necessarily ambitious to address crises both created and exposed by the pandemic,\u201d Jayapal wrote. \u201cFor most of 2021, Democrats worked to pass legislation that realizes that vision. The president negotiated with Congress, including Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) directly. Sen. Manchin committed to the president \u2014 who relayed that commitment to House members \u2014 that he would support the legislative framework unveiled on Oct. 28.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut on Dec. 20, Sen. Manchin went back on his commitment to the president and seemingly killed the bill on national television,\u201d Jayapal said. \u201cIn a town where your word is everything, this was a stunning rebuke of his own party\u2019s president.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDespite that, we must move forward,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe president\u2019s agenda is even more urgent today. The omicron variant is surging as covid-19 has once again disrupted people\u2019s ability to work, care for children and elders, access medical care and make ends meet. We simply cannot abandon our vision.\u201d<\/em><\/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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz shot back at Washington Democrat and Progressive Caucus Leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal over her \u201ctax the rich\u201d accusations against Elon Musk, mockingly asking, \u201cWho else do you want to loot?\u201d Cruz shared the remarks in a Twitter post on Wednesday that included Jayapal\u2019s criticisms. \u201cGot it. You don\u2019t like @elonmusk,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"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-1169117","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\/1169117","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169117\/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=1169117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}