{"id":2201593,"date":"2024-03-18T23:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T03:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-rips-don-lemon-while-explaining-how-illegal-immigration-helps-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T23:59:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T03:59:35","slug":"elon-musk-rips-don-lemon-while-explaining-how-illegal-immigration-helps-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-rips-don-lemon-while-explaining-how-illegal-immigration-helps-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Criticizes Don Lemon, Claims Illegal Immigration Benefits Democrats"},"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\">20<\/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-don-lemon-while-explaining-how-illegal-immigration-helps-democrats%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=2201593&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>Elon Musk Clashes with Don Lemon Over Immigration and Electoral Impact<\/h2>\n<p>In a fiery exchange, <strong>Elon Musk took on Don\u2062 Lemon<\/strong>, challenging the assertion that undocumented immigrants have no role in shaping U.S.\u2064 elections. This intriguing confrontation unraveled\u200b during \u200dan \u200bepisode of &#8220;The Don Lemon Show,&#8221; \u200camidst efforts to boost the\u2064 show&#8217;s popularity.<\/p>\n<h3>Tackling Immigration \u200band Electoral Influence<\/h3>\n<p>Lemon, \u2064whose new venture has seen\u2062 sluggish starts in capturing \u2062audience attention, found himself at\u2062 odds \u2062with the tech mogul over immigration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-administration-officials-convene-to-try-to-stop-45th-presidents-return\/\" title=\"Former Trump Administration Officials Convene to Try to Stop 45th President\u2019s Return\">electoral effects<\/a>. Despite the low engagement with many of Lemon&#8217;s YouTube clips, the topic\u2064 ignited a critical discussion, catching viewers&#8217; attention.<\/p>\n<p>Musk argued that there is \u2064a &#8220;very strong bias toward Democrat&#8221; among\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urge-americans-to-stay-home-in-january-knowing-no-one-would-show-up-for-a-stolen-inauguration\/\" title=\"Democrats Urge Americans to Stay Home in January Knowing No One Would Show Up for a Stolen Inauguration\">illegal aliens<\/a>, suggesting this might be a strategic advantage\u2064 for the party, \u2062potentially swaying their political power. His stance presents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-reading-checklist-includes-anti-racism-guide-for-sailors\/\" title=\"Navy Reading Checklist Includes Anti-Racism Guide for Sailors\">significant departure<\/a> \u200dfrom\u2064 Lemon&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<h3>Breaking Down the Census Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The census counts every resident, citizen or not,&#8221; explained Musk. &#8220;<strong>The distribution of\u2064 House seats \u200dhinges on this headcount<\/strong>, hence states with higher illegal \u200cimmigrant populations, like California\u200d and New York, \u2062could get increased representation even though these \u2063individuals can&#8217;t vote.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Musk presented the numbers: &#8220;My calculations indicate a potential loss of around 20 House seats for blue \u2063states \u2064if undocumented immigrants weren&#8217;t included. This \u200bripples into the \u2064Electoral College \u2062and thus presidential elections as well, affecting\u2062 both the House and presidency, though not the Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Lemon&#8217;s Counter and Musk&#8217;s Clarification<\/h3>\n<p>Despite Musk&#8217;s assertions, Lemon refuted \u2064his claims, suggesting Musk&#8217;s understanding was flawed. He maintained\u2062 that the reality was \u2064contrary to Musk&#8217;s explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Musk elaborated, stating, &#8220;The predominance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a> in Democrat-leaning states amplifies their\u2063 electoral\u200d power. After some digging, it appears Democrats could potentially forfeit an estimated \u200b20 House seats and\u2064 the equivalent in Electoral College votes \u200cif these populations were\u200b excluded from\u200d the \u2062census data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Viral Tweet<\/h3>\n<p>The debate \u200dextended to\u200d social media, with the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-senate-office-building-police-move-in-with-zip-ties\/\" title=\"Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Senate office, police intervene with zip ties\">tweet capturing<\/a> \u2064the essence of the conversation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon \u200bMusk Educates \u200cDon Lemon on Illegal Immigrants, Census, \u2062and the\u200c Electoral College<\/p>\n<p>LEMON: &#8220;You claim Democrats \u200copen borders for \u2063votes, yet undocumented individuals can&#8217;t vote in federal elections. How does that\u200c work?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MUSK: &#8220;Looking at the numbers, Democrats \u2062could lose significant House and presidential leverage if illegal immigrants\u2064 weren&#8217;t considered in censuses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LmCEreXZQw\">pic.twitter.com\/LmCEreXZQw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1769772429239550086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This tweet succinctly distilled the essence of Musk\u2019s argument and the underlying facts of the issue,\u2063 sparking further dialogue on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk countered ex-CNN host Don Lemon&#8217;s claim on his new show that illegal immigrants don&#8217;t affect U.S. elections, despite &#8220;The Don Lemon Show&#8221; facing low viewership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2201594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Elon-Musk-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Elon-Musk-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201593","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=2201593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}