The Daily Populous Friday December 20th, 2024 night edition
Authored by ibtimes.com and submitted by PostHeraldTimes

Senator Bernie Sanders railed against Republicans on Wednesday for allowing "President Elon Musk" to potentially kill the government funding package.

"Democrats and Republicans spent months negotiating a bipartisan agreement to fund our government. The richest man on Earth, President Elon Musk, doesn't like it. Will Republicans kiss the ring?" Sanders wrote in a scathing X post.

"Billionaires must not be allowed to run our government," he concluded.

Democrats and Republicans spent months negotiating a bipartisan agreement to fund our government.

The richest man on Earth, President Elon Musk, doesn’t like it.

Billionaires must not be allowed to run our government. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 18, 2024

Sanders's comments came after Musk posted dozens of X updates disparaging the bill and celebrating representatives who spoke out against it by declaring they would be voting no on the 1,500-page bill, meant to keep the government running through mid-March.

"No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office. None. Zero," Musk tweeted on Wednesday, drawing further criticism.

No bills should be passed Congress until Jan 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office.

Zero. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

Social media users berated Musk for trying to shut down the government for the next 33 days.

"Our billionaire oligarch wants 2.9 million federal employees and 67 million Social Security recipients to go without paychecks during the Holidays," X user @pgbomez_ pointed out.

Our billionaire oligarch wants 2.9 million federal employees and 67 million Social Security recipients to go without paychecks during the Holidays. https://t.co/yws64xUiep — P.B. Gomez (@pbgomez_) December 18, 2024

"Don't forget federal contractors," another added.

Don’t forget federal contractors. — kernel panic at the command line (@oscartaracena) December 18, 2024

Hot_Ambition_6457 on December 19th, 2024 at 19:13 UTC »

Can one of the other democrats please stick to this plan of calling him President Musk and only referring to trump (lower case) as his senior advisor?

Ita genuinely hilarious as a nonpartisan voter. Very on the nose and will definitely cause some tension down the road if you commit to it.

Chance_Papaya_6181 on December 19th, 2024 at 19:05 UTC »

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

dattru on December 19th, 2024 at 19:05 UTC »

The man who made his billions as the world‘s most successful, corporate welfare queen wants to shut down his primary source of success. Nothing but the best people.