Vice President Vance on Friday chided European leaders for their criticism of Elon Musk wading into their elections, comparing Musk’s actions to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urging American leaders to take action on climate change.
“I believe that dismissing people, dismissing their concerns, or worse yet, shutting down media, shutting down elections or shutting people out of the political process protects nothing. In fact, it is the most surefire way to destroy democracy,” Vance said.
“And speaking up and expressing opinions isn’t election interference, even when people express views outside your own country, and even when those people are very influential,” he continued. “And trust me, I say this with all humor: If American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg’s scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk.”
It’s Vance’s turn to say the stupid shit today then.
To you and to me, it’s stupid. To the people he wants to influence, it’s red meat.
How fragile are these men? My God.
This guy
Question, what has Greta Thunberg done? Afaik, she’s only protested and post on social media.
She’s a woman who speaks without being spoken to
How dare she!
The audacity
Greta Thunberg, famously in charge of… ?
…pissing off climate deniers.
while being a young neurodivergent woman
Right. Honestly, I’m so impressed with her being able to get inside these assholes’ heads since she was 16.
She has bigger balls than most of them.
“I believe that dismissing people, dismissing their concerns, or worse yet, shutting down media, shutting down elections or shutting people out of the political process protects nothing. In fact, it is the most surefire way to destroy democracy,” Vance said.
The jokes write themselves these days.
One person with no power vs one person with all the power.
This is a key difference.
I wouldn’t say she has no power. She has the power to constantly upset these assholes.
Not even close to the same, but I’m glad she has that power.
not a single articulate moment from these clowns ever
Europe didn’t have to survive with Thunberg, she wasn’t in the government and had no decision making authority.
Which is a shame…
They play the victim card so hard.
Bad headline: I already hoped they’d deport Musk to Europe, so we could have physical access… :(
Getting back real, Vance:
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came without a credible peace plan
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read moralistic bullcrap about how it’s good to have your elections bought and manipulated (in the Romanian case where the court told to hold new elections - thousands of TikTok influencers and an unknown quantity of other actors working for a candidate who declared zero campaign expense).
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proposed to Zelensky that Ukraine give up 50% of its natural resources for US support (Zelensky politely refused)
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If I was American I’d be so embarrassed
Totally normal comparing Thunberg to Musk, they’re so similar in so many ways
Yes, because a foreign climate activist trying to appeal to politician for a cleaner future is the same as an apartheid billionaire funding and endorsing a fascist party to get them elected.
oh? ooooh? elon will fall in just a few months. man thats great news. i thank the jd mabeline model for this info.
