{"id":2382254,"date":"2024-12-20T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-the-cable-guy-takes-stand-for-elon-musk-absolutely-obliterates-grandma-purple-hair-unhinged-dem\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:33:14","slug":"larry-the-cable-guy-takes-stand-for-elon-musk-absolutely-obliterates-grandma-purple-hair-unhinged-dem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-the-cable-guy-takes-stand-for-elon-musk-absolutely-obliterates-grandma-purple-hair-unhinged-dem\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry the Cable Guy Takes Stand for Elon Musk, Absolutely Obliterates &#8216;Grandma Purple Hair&#8217; Unhinged Dem"},"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%2Flarry-the-cable-guy-takes-stand-for-elon-musk-absolutely-obliterates-grandma-purple-hair-unhinged-dem%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=2382254&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>The article discusses the increasing animosity between Democrats and billionaire Elon Musk,\u200c notably in the \u2062wake of recent political events. Connecticut \u2062Rep. Laura DeRosa criticized Musk in a speech, referring to the hypothetical\u2062 &#8220;President Musk,&#8221; \u2063which drew laughter from her colleagues. Tho, some commentators, including comedian Larry the Cable guy, dismissed her \u200cremarks as irrational and suggested that the frustration stems from a perceived loss of control over the narrative \u200cin politics, especially \u200cwith MuskS influence on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s opposition has been important \u2062regarding \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-still-skeptical-of-infrastructure-reconciliation-bills\/\" title=\"GOP senators still skeptical of infrastructure, reconciliation bills\">large spending bill<\/a> in Congress, which\u200b he played a\u200b role in sinking.A revised, smaller version of the bill also failed to pass. This turmoil has led Democrats to express their\u200c discontent, blaming Musk for disrupting their customary political processes. \u200dThe\u2064 backdrop includes an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-slams-biden-impeachment-inquiry-if-you-have-a-difference-of-opinion-you-just-cant-be-impeaching\/\" title=\"Pelosi criticizes Biden impeachment inquiry: &#039;Impeachment shouldn&#039;t be used for mere disagreements.&#039;\">impending government\u200b shutdown<\/a>, with Biden&#8217;s presidency \u2064ending and \u200bTrump poised to return to office, with\u2064 Musk possibly playing a crucial role in \u200bshaping government operations. The sentiment among some commentators is that they no longer trust the \u2063government to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">handle \u2062financial matters effectively<\/a>, reflecting a broader\u200c frustration with political practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If there&rsquo;s a figure in American politics Democrats despise more than Donald Trump, it&rsquo;s Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The mega-billionaire MAGA supporter is emerging as one of the most influential people in the president-elect&rsquo;s circle, and the left&rsquo;s fear and loathing is becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-musk-derangement-syndrome-hits-new-level-massive-spending-bill-crashes-burns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more evident<\/a> with every passing day.<\/p>\n<p>A screed by Connecticut Rep. Laura DeRosa on the House floor on Thursday tried to bring the point home &mdash; referring to &ldquo;President Musk&rdquo; and drawing jeers from her fellow Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, not everyone was buying it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is lunatic behavior. These are our best and brightest. Sheeesh. Why doesn&rsquo;t Grandma purple hair and all the D&rsquo;s and R&rsquo;s draft stand alone bills. Hmm.. then they get pissed at Musk for providing a platform where taxpayers get to see the shenanigans in real time. I have a&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/thBmAddpNj\">https:\/\/t.co\/thBmAddpNj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larry The Cable Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GitRDoneLarry\/status\/1869901524010447310?\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Larry the Cable Guy, the down-home comedian with the birth name of Daniel Lawrence Whitney and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/larry-cable-guy-resurrects-nadlers-old-statement-destroy-mail-ballot-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative&rsquo;s view<\/a> of the political world, took to Musk&rsquo;s social media platform X to deliver a verdict on DeRosa&rsquo;s rant:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is lunatic behavior,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why doesn&rsquo;t Grandma purple hair and all the D&rsquo;s and R&rsquo;s draft stand alone bills. Hmm.. then they get pissed at Musk for providing a platform where taxpayers get to see the shenanigans in real time. I have a feeling punk rock retiree here is more upset they no longer have control of what Americans get to see. &lsquo;we gotta pass the bill to see what&rsquo;s in it&rsquo; Remember that. I don&rsquo;t get how just bringing single bills is controversial.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-launches-war-outrageous-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helped tank<\/a> the monstrosity of a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-shutdown-feud-over-citizenship-voting-bill-tests-gop-leadership-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Government shutdown feud over citizenship voting bill tests GOP leadership - Washington Examiner\">continuing resolution&#038;rdquo<\/a>; &mdash; a 1,500-page spending bill that would avoid a government shutdown that&rsquo;s now on track to begin at 12:01 Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>His opposition spurred a revised spending bill &mdash; clocking in at only 116 pages &mdash; that failed in a vote on Thursday by a vote of 235 against to only 174 in favor, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/12\/19\/us\/politics\/shutdown-house-vote-live.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>And Democrats want to blame Elon Musk for throwing a wrench into Washington&rsquo;s usual practices &mdash; and they want to throw shade at Trump as supposedly subservient to one of his own supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019\">social media users<\/a> were onto it, though:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I think the problem is people assume these are our best and brightest. No, those people are in the private sector and always will be. That&rsquo;s why these people get so mad when they intervene. E.g. Elon<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; redshift (@redshift1776) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redshift1776\/status\/1869907044066906150?\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&rsquo;re not falling for it this time let the government fail shut down. You don&rsquo;t get to build a stadium in DC on our money anymore. Standalone bills to keep our government running. We&rsquo;re not scared anymore. You can&rsquo;t do this to us. We get the grift. We&rsquo;re wise to it now.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MJ (@Mama104) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mama104\/status\/1870102102481006713?\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They&rsquo;re the best and brightest at raising campaign contributions and getting people to vote for them.<br \/> That&rsquo;s it.<br \/> Nothing beyond that.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Terry&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; (@Terry_Sieving) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Terry_Sieving\/status\/1869942605154594952?\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Americans have been through the &ldquo;government shutdown&rdquo; dramas before. In recent years, they&rsquo;ve become an almost-annual tradition in the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>But this year is different.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden is getting ready to exit after hanging around the West Wing like an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cover-bidens-mental-decline-went-even-deeper-previously-thought-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incoherent Banquo&rsquo;s ghost<\/a>. Trump is returning to the White House with a new team that includes Elon Musk, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-announces-unexpected-title-doge-says-hardly-glorious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government efficiency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Democrats are terrified.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The billionaire supporter of MAGA is becoming one of the most significant figures in the president-elect&#8217;s inner circle, and the left&#8217;s growing anxiety and disdain are increasingly apparent. On Thursday, Connecticut Rep. Laura DeRosa delivered a speech on the House floor referring to \u201cPresident Musk,\u201d which drew laughter from her fellow Democrats. However, not everyone agreed with her perspective. Larry The Cable Guy criticized DeRosa&#8217;s comments on Musk\u2019s platform X, calling it &#8220;lunatic behavior&#8221; and questioning why lawmakers don\u2019t propose standalone bills instead of complaining about Musk providing transparency to taxpayers regarding government actions. He noted that this year is different as President Biden prepares to leave office while Trump returns with a focus on government efficiency alongside Musk\u2014causing concern among Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2382255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lol-21.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32192,47166,5894],"class_list":["post-2382254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elon-musk","tag-larry-the-cable-guy","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lol-21.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382254","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382258,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382254\/revisions\/2382258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}