{"id":1953122,"date":"2023-06-21T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-groups-attempt-to-tie-elon-musk-to-missing-titanic-sub-blows-up-in-its-face\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:40:39","slug":"leftist-groups-attempt-to-tie-elon-musk-to-missing-titanic-sub-blows-up-in-its-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-groups-attempt-to-tie-elon-musk-to-missing-titanic-sub-blows-up-in-its-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist group&#8217;s failed attempt to link Elon Musk to missing Titanic sub backfires."},"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%2Fleftist-groups-attempt-to-tie-elon-musk-to-missing-titanic-sub-blows-up-in-its-face%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=1953122&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--><h2>Leftist Group&#8217;s Attempt to Tie Elon Musk to Missing Titanic Sub Blows Up in Its Face<\/h2>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t think even radical Democrats could sink this low.<\/p>\n<p>As the country awaits word on the fate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuesday-afternoon-update-hunter-biden-plea-deal-titanic-tourist-sub-still-missing-mississippi-tornadoes\/\" title=\"Tuesday Update: Hunter Biden Plea Deal, Titanic Sub Still Missing, Mississippi Tornadoes.\">submersible vessel<\/a> that\u2019s gone missing in the North Atlantic on its way to visit the shipwreck of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/titanic-submersible-search-intensifies-rescuers-hear-haunting-underwater-sounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Titanic<\/a>, a leftist group distastefully decided to use the occasion to attack a big-name opponent, and even more distastefully try to raise money on the deal.<\/p>\n<p>But if the brains behind the group calling itself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/occupy-democrats-founder-hilarious-response-embezzlement-accusations-memes-fault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupy Democrats<\/a> thought they were onto a gold mine, a Twitter \u201ccommunity note\u201d and a deluge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philly-food-truck-festival-canceled-over-inclusion-of-jewish-vendor\/\" title=\"Philly Food Truck Festival Canceled Over Inclusion of Jewish Vendor\">social media criticism<\/a> should have set them straight.<\/p>\n<p>First, check out the tweet, which aims to somehow make mega-billionaire and liberal boogeyman Elon Musk a central player in what looks to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/submersibles-expert-thinks-knows-happened-missing-vessel-deeply-worrisome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developing tragedy<\/a> of five adventurers who were still lost below the ocean\u2019s surface Wednesday afternoon:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Republican billionaire Elon Musk is thrust into another nightmare PR disaster as it\u2019s revealed that the missing Titanic submersible company previously praised his satellite communication company Starlink \u2014 and said that it would be \u201crelying on\u201d the service to \u201cprovide\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EMhOgs02Cf\">pic.twitter.com\/EMhOgs02Cf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OccupyDemocrats\/status\/1671203423642062848?\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRepublican billionaire Elon Musk is thrust into another nightmare PR disaster as it\u2019s revealed that the missing Titanic submersible company previously praised his satellite communication company Starlink \u2014 and said that it would be \u2018relying on\u2019 the service to \u2018provide the communications\u2019 for the Titanic Expedition,\u201d it states, before noting that the submersible had lost communication with the surface world.<\/p>\n<p>The implication, of course, is that the Starlink is somehow to blame.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s followed by a CYA paragraph acknowledging that \u201cat this point there is no direct indication that Starlink failed or was the cause of this terrifying and possibly tragic incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the tweet still went on to smear Musk as somehow potentially responsible: \u201cThat said, given Musk\u2019s long history of screwups and reckless dishonesty, an investigation should be launched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A \u201ccommunity note\u201d attached to the tweet torpedoed even the idea that Starlink \u2014 a former of communication that has literally nothing to do with submarine communications \u2014 played a role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe submersible was not using Starlink for internet access it was for the surface vessel. High frequency radio waves are not capable of operating underwater,\u201d the note states.<\/p>\n<p>(While it was fact-checking, the note could have looked into describing Musk as a \u201cRepublican billionaire.\u201d As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/amy\/2023\/06\/20\/occupydemocrats-gets-community-noted-for-ridiculous-attempt-to-tie-elon-musk-to-missing-submersible-n2384685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitchy<\/a> pointed out, that has more to do with Musk\u2019s support for \u201cthat pesky \u2018free speech\u2019 thing\u201d than any actual party affiliation. He might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-switches-gop-first-time-life-means\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">willing to vote Republican<\/a> these days after a lifetime of supporting Democrats, but that says more about contemporary Democrats than it does Elon Musk\u2019s political philosophy.)<\/p>\n<p>As bad as that attempt to taint Musk by an ever-so-tenuous association with the Titanic expedition submersible was, what followed was even worse \u2014 a huckster\u2019s spiel to raise money on the lives of five human beings.<\/p>\n<p>It asks readers to retweet if they agree with this insult to both logic and decency and \u2014 here\u2019s the kicker \u2014 \u201cconsider investing in Tribel, a \u2018woke\u2019 new Twitter competitor that is currently doing a round of equity crowdfunding and just blew past $1.4 million raised from 3,600 of its users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can invest as little as $100 \u2014 or as much as you\u2019d like. Here\u2019s the link to download the new Tribel app that Elon Musk is so afraid of: <a href=\"http:\/\/tribel.app.link\/okwPIHYCIqb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/tribel.app.link\/okwPIHYCIqb<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A combination of libelous half-truths and brazen hucksterism, it comes across as tacky and tasteless as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-zelensky-prepares-for-hard-battle-uks-johnson-visits-with-aid\/\" title=\"As Zelensky Prepares for \u201cHard Battle\u201d, UK\u2019s Johnson Visits With Aid\">late-night ad<\/a> for Ginsu knives or chia pets but without even the honesty of a business transaction involved.<\/p>\n<p>You can all but hear the Occupy Democrats offering a <em>free gift <\/em>to donors who <em>act now<\/em> \u2014 while the lives of five human beings may well be lost in the inky depths of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever kind of cash windfall its organizers might have expected, the outpouring of derision had to drown it out:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a good example how dishonest democrats are wow; what nasty people!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Pratt (@prattaaron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prattaaron\/status\/1671364668642717697?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I guess knowing what Starlink can and can\u2019t do is hard when you want to play politics<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angie G (@MomAngtrades) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomAngtrades\/status\/1671344842759356416?\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s so pathetic that the purpose of this post is to capitalize on the potential loss of life. Literally mentioning an investment scheme at the end of it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Dyanand (@mikedyanand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikedyanand\/status\/1671273214004035586?\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You\u2019re trying to grift off this incident for your dead antisocial media page. What a bunch of malarkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Styx666Official\/status\/1671216660643041281?\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Making stuff up, that is clearly not technologically possible\u2026 There is no way any Sat comms would work at that depth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Pickle (@pickle755) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pickle755\/status\/1671246330436485122?\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If there ever was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-groups-attempt-to-tie-elon-musk-to-missing-titanic-sub-blows-up-in-its-face\/\" title=\"Leftist group's failed attempt to link Elon Musk to missing Titanic sub backfires.\">mealy mouthed disinformation hub<\/a> on Twitter, this is certainty one of the worst<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ronin (@JSGuy2019) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSGuy2019\/status\/1671270296102514689?\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThis one might have put it best:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"no\">Grift harder.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jude (@SurfTheSpect2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SurfTheSpect2\/status\/1671285202898030593?\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the history of human communication, the Occupy Democrats tweet \u2014 a money-grubbing grift using the deaths of innocents as bait \u2014 was in the subset of those without redeeming qualities (President Joe Biden White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-even-know-year-latest-gaffe-suggests-doesnt-clue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public utterances<\/a> tend to fall into that and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schumer-invited-tucker-carlson-tonight-weasels-slimy-ultimatum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer\u2019s empty orations<\/a>\u00a0from the Senate floor are in there, too.)<\/p>\n<p>Considering the group\u2019s two-word title, though, that\u2019s about what could be expected.<\/p>\n<p>The short-lived \u201cOccupy\u201d movement that <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6117696\/occupy-wall-street-10-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flared in 2011<\/a> was a progressive echo of the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-times-changes-tea-party-story-add-charge-racism-liberal-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tea party movement<\/a> \u2014 except exactly the opposite. While tea party conservatives were pressing fiscal responsibility and an end to government bailouts, \u201cOccupy\u201d was essentially made up of millions of bloodsucking hipsters and wannabe hipsters with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-steps-the-democrats-will-take-to-fundamentally-alter-america-and-ensure-their-permanent-power\/\" title=\"6 Steps The Democrats Will Take To Fundamentally Alter America And Ensure Their Permanent Power\">high-sounding rhetoric<\/a> and rock-bottom aims \u2014 looking for a handout from men and women who work for a living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats,\u201d meanwhile, has gone from meaning \u201cthe party of the working man\u201d to becoming shorthand to describe millions of bloodsucking hipsters and wannabe hipsters, and the charlatans they elect. They pretend they\u2019re smarter than the rest of the country, more moral than the rest of the country, and use the power of the federal government \u2014 to force a handout from millions of American men and women who work for a living.<\/p>\n<p>So when a group called \u201cOccupy Democrats\u201d weighs in on a matter of life and death, it\u2019s almost laughably predictable that it will spend the time attacking a successful opponent with malicious insinuation and trying to make a dishonest dollar to boot.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost predictable. Enough after all this time, it\u2019s hard to believe even they could sink that low.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-groups-attempt-tie-elon-musk-missing-titanic-sub-blows-face\/\">Leftist Group&#8217;s Attempt to Tie Elon Musk to Missing Titanic Sub Blows Up in Its Face<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking display, radical Democrats have reached an unprecedented low. 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