cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30444456

“I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’” the Texas Senator said on Fox News.

Ted Cruz used a Fox News interview to act as a human shield for Elon Musk, demanding Americans get down and kiss the billionaire’s feet for his DOGE work.

Musk has called time on his stint at the Trump administration, with his 130-day “special government employee” status elapsing on May 30. His time at Trump’s side was tumultuous, with Tesla caught up in the pushback against his cost-cutting DOGE.

Cruz appears shocked by the backlash, telling Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday evening that Americans should be expressing deep gratitude to Musk and chanting “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

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    Honestly, if Ted Cruz said something nice about me, it’d just make me feel dirty.

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        don’t throw our trash into the ocean! Compost. then eat the veggies. It’s the only environmentally friendly thing to do.

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          When a billionaire reaches the seafloor it’s referred to as a billionairefall and it’s actually an important aquatic ecosystem. A single billionaire can feed dozens of different species including fish, crabs and some marine worms that only feed on vile billionaire carcasses.

          Unfortunately these species are struggling right now because we aren’t throwing enough billionaires into the ocean. So please, do it for the worms.

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          One might argue that the red mist they introduced to the ocean helped to support the local biosphere, and since every piece of the “sub” that was able to be located was recovered, that the whole event was a net gain for that area of the sea.

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    Real rich coming from the “fuck your feelings” crowd. Get fucked, Raphael Cruz. We’re not stopping until he’s yeeted into the sun.

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    He thinks Americans should express gratitude to Musk? For doing what, exactly?

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    I do not like that man, Ted Cruz

    I do not like him in the news

    I do not like his stupid words

    That spew from him like verbal turds

    I pray to hear the day he dies

    For once, a good, Ted Cruz surprise

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    Musk cos played as a politician so he could lift sanctions and policies in the way of his companies. Now that he’s done that he’ll go back forcing himself on his secretaries

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    I don’t think people are nasty enough to him. Until he’s a fucking hermit, too ashamed to show his face in public again because he knows everyone despises him, we need to be nastier.

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    Ted Cruz looks like his soul left his body long ago, and now he’s just a skeleton wearing a skin bag exclusively saying things nobody with a soul ever could or would.

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    The only reason we aren’t far, far nastier to all of these criminals is because it’s illegal. But now that laws are becoming optional and arbitrary, soon we won’t have to worry about how nasty we get.

    They will have to worry, though.

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    23 days ago

    He thinks we should be nice to Elon but he has no problem with people like Trump calling his wife ugly.