{"id":1676357,"date":"2022-10-06T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1676357"},"modified":"2022-10-06T14:51:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:51:52","slug":"sen-graham-warns-elon-musk-after-he-calls-for-de-escalation-of-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-graham-warns-elon-musk-after-he-calls-for-de-escalation-of-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Graham Warns Elon Musk After He Calls for De-escalation of Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fsen-graham-warns-elon-musk-after-he-calls-for-de-escalation-of-ukraine-war%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=1676357&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>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> over recent Twitter posts and warned that senators could take away Tesla\u2019s tax breaks after Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1577083012914651142?s=20&amp;t=ZZiEZuwPlpmHDN18-iMlCw\">urged<\/a> for de-escalation of the Russia\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still very much support Ukraine, but am convinced that massive escalation of the war will cause great harm to Ukraine and possibly the world,\u201d Musk wrote on Twitter this week in response to a Musk-critical\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1577006943499350016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577016937778843648%7Ctwgr%5E39e80071f553744c270d8b6cc00b4db82eddaa0a%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2022%2F10%2Fukrainian-pm-zelensky-posts-twitter-poll-labeling-elon-musk-russia-supporter-musk-calls-peace-ukraine%2F\">poll<\/a> made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Musk also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1576994262226702336\">posted<\/a> a poll of his own on whether people in the disputed Donbass and Crimea regions should decide whether they\u2019re part of Ukraine or Russia.<\/p>\n<p>That prompted a critical comment and warning from Graham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect to Elon Musk\u2014and I do respect him\u2014I would suggest he needs to understand the facts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,\u201d Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1577715622561157140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577715828568559618%7Ctwgr%5E60ddde649cbfcbc3814658e1cf5a3f4ccd5e4364%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2022%2F10%2Flindsey-graham-threatens-elon-musk-calls-de-escalation-ukraine-russia-war%2F\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter. \u201cSuggesting we end the Russian invasion by simply giving Russia parts of Ukraine\u2014after all the suffering\u2014is dumb. It is also an affront to the bravery of the Ukrainians fighting to defend their homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in the thread, Graham suggested that lawmakers \u201cshould revisit the electric vehicle tax credit boondoggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is where the credit is now solely benefiting electric vehicle manufacturers who have increased prices equal to the tax credit,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1577716698848919555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577716698848919555%7Ctwgr%5E60ddde649cbfcbc3814658e1cf5a3f4ccd5e4364%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2022%2F10%2Flindsey-graham-threatens-elon-musk-calls-de-escalation-ukraine-russia-war%2F\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter, in what some suggested is a veiled threat against Musk\u2019s company, Tesla, the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles in the United States.<\/p>\n<p> Starlink <\/p>\n<p>In response, Musk said his firm has not received a consumer tax credit in several years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15\/GettyImages-1243201653-1200x745.jpg\"><\/a> An elderly woman walks past a building partially destroyed by a missile strike in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 13, 2022. (Sergy Bobok\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1577832990490693632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577942698337730561%7Ctwgr%5E60ddde649cbfcbc3814658e1cf5a3f4ccd5e4364%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2022%2F10%2Flindsey-graham-threatens-elon-musk-calls-de-escalation-ukraine-russia-war%2F\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cTesla hasn\u2019t had that consumer tax credit for years [and] we didn\u2019t ask for this one\u2013GM [and]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) targeted Elon Musk over recent Twitter posts and warned that senators could take away Tesla\u2019s tax breaks after Musk urged for de-escalation of the Russia\u2013Ukraine war. \u201cI still very much support Ukraine, but am convinced that massive escalation of the war will cause great harm to Ukraine and possibly the world,\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"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-1676357","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\/1676357","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676357\/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=1676357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}