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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,945 posts)
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 02:06 AM 22 hrs ago

Megyn Kelly Blames Dems for Elon Musk's Reported Exit, Says It's 'Sad' He's Not Embraced Like Einstein or Edison

Megyn Kelly is disheartened by the rumors that Elon Musk’s time within the Trump White House could be ending.

During the Wednesday episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the host called the reports out of Politico and ABC that Musk – and his work with DOGE – might not be around much longer “sad.” She also found it shocking that Democrats would be celebrating the news.

“I think it’s sad,” Kelly said. “It’s like, imagine living in the time of Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison, and having them say, ‘I will help solve the nation’s problems. I’m happy to pitch in,’ and saying, ‘No, we hate you.’ That’s what the left is saying. ‘We know we hate you. We don’t need your brain to help us solve problems.'”

She added, “My own guess, without having spoken to anybody on Team Trump is, this has been very hard on Elon. His Tesla stock is down. His company is being attacked. Nobody wants to buy a Tesla now because they’re worried their car is going to get vandalized, keyed, that the place they have to go to recharge it is going to be set on fire with Molotov cocktails. They can walk into a Tesla dealership that could be burned by some lunatic. It’s insane. We have hate crime charges now that the DOJ is trying to file against people doing this … But the left is celebrating this.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/megyn-kelly-blames-dems-elon-230134741.html

He's definitely not Einstein. He may be closer to Edison because they both claimed credit for other people's inventions.

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Megyn Kelly Blames Dems for Elon Musk's Reported Exit, Says It's 'Sad' He's Not Embraced Like Einstein or Edison (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago OP
I will gladly take credit. RandySF 22 hrs ago #1
More gaslighting. Doodley 21 hrs ago #2
Megan who? NJCher 21 hrs ago #3
Is she on drugs? sheshe2 21 hrs ago #4
For a minute, I thought she meant his exit from this world. Lol. Meowmee 21 hrs ago #5
Einstein did try to solve our problems. He wrote a highly persuasive essay "Why Socialism?" . . . Journeyman 21 hrs ago #6
Bet most of the politicians were Democrats exboyfil 14 hrs ago #33
The stupid just burns Aviation Pro 21 hrs ago #7
yes Skittles 19 hrs ago #11
Megyn Kelly owes me a keyboard. Beartracks 21 hrs ago #8
Edison stole from wait for it . . . . MagickMuffin 21 hrs ago #9
she is so fucking delusional Skittles 19 hrs ago #10
Nobody wants to by a TESLA kkmarie 19 hrs ago #12
So that's what she calls a hate crime. I always thought Emile 18 hrs ago #13
Given she maintains the (appearance) mold for every woman Fox, Newsmax, and other RW outlets have on tv hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #14
Geniuses are not born with a silver spoon in their mouth! imanamerican63 17 hrs ago #15
Einstein had a bigger chainsaw, though. yellowcanine 17 hrs ago #16
Musk found out he is not welcome in Wisconsin. Emile 17 hrs ago #17
Einstein and Edison? Norbert 17 hrs ago #18
She is absolutely right GusBob 16 hrs ago #19
Einstein was Antifa. 617Blue 16 hrs ago #20
Megyn's gonna make sure Trump never criticizes her again by being a good little propagandist. tanyev 15 hrs ago #21
She probably wants to incubate a kid for Elon Iris 15 hrs ago #22
The Nazi parasite is not qualified to shine the shoes of either Einstein or Edison dalton99a 15 hrs ago #23
You're right Meg...we hate Nazis and fascists. He checks both boxes. Liberal In Texas 15 hrs ago #24
To say nothing of the fact that his Big Idea Car is a piece of shit that sheds body parts . . . . hatrack 14 hrs ago #31
Einstein or Edison? DFW 15 hrs ago #25
This is all I got Siwsan 15 hrs ago #26
These people have no concept of true genius PCIntern 15 hrs ago #27
Pure calculated evil. She knows better and despite that willingly pushes Passages 14 hrs ago #28
There is a bit of the Edison about him exboyfil 14 hrs ago #29
Megyn Kelly has confused Einstein with Frankenstein /nt bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #30
More like Jack the Ripper. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #32
Bobblehead says what? Basso8vb 14 hrs ago #34

Journeyman

(15,293 posts)
6. Einstein did try to solve our problems. He wrote a highly persuasive essay "Why Socialism?" . . .
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 02:30 AM
21 hrs ago

in which he eloquently elucidated his beliefs on the need to address the critical failures of capitalism. It was not rejected by the left; though at the time it was written (1949) it wasn't embraced, either. No, the Megyn Kelly's of the world rejected Mr Einstein's ideals, and indeed persecuted him for them.

https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/

As for Edison, his first patented invention was an automatic vote recorder, designed to be used by governing bodies. It was rejected by the politicians who feared it would limit their negotiations and keep them from trading votes. So again, he tried, but was shunned as well. Besides this, Edison wasn't a very personable man; he struck many as being a weird duck. And like Yo Mama points out above, he was renowned for stealing other's work and foisting it off as his own.

exboyfil

(18,180 posts)
33. Bet most of the politicians were Democrats
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:25 AM
14 hrs ago

That is the unfortunate thing about the Democratic party. It's history isn't that great in many areas (big city machine and Southern segregation being two examples). What I am still trying to figure out is how it lost the rural populism and even working class support it once had.

Aviation Pro

(14,139 posts)
7. The stupid just burns
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 02:50 AM
21 hrs ago

A cursory search of the South African’s past reveals that he invented nothing and bought his way into everything.

Skittles

(163,065 posts)
11. yes
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 04:55 AM
19 hrs ago

the sentiment Musk is some kind of genius is as ridiculous as Trump being a "successful businessman"

MagickMuffin

(17,523 posts)
9. Edison stole from wait for it . . . .
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 03:12 AM
21 hrs ago



Tesla. Yep, and elon musk stole from the inventors of Tesla!



kkmarie

(114 posts)
12. Nobody wants to by a TESLA
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 05:00 AM
19 hrs ago

After at least a decade of Krasnov saying climate change is a hoax. Green energy is bad. We need to open up the coal mines and drill baby drill. The Krasnov base never did and never will buy a tesla even though Krasnov now is saying they better buy one. If Space Nazi is so freakin intelligent why would he not have seen, his base was totally different than Krasnov's base?

Emile

(33,758 posts)
13. So that's what she calls a hate crime. I always thought
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 05:17 AM
18 hrs ago

a hate crime needed evidence of prejudice based on race, gender or gender identity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

hlthe2b

(108,924 posts)
14. Given she maintains the (appearance) mold for every woman Fox, Newsmax, and other RW outlets have on tv
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:29 AM
17 hrs ago

Yet, after her past humiliations (including a bizarre moment on NBC), she's persona non grata on the (quite literal) "boob tube"... OOOH, embarrassing!

Yeah, right. Enjoy your podcast... I know I will (NOT).

imanamerican63

(14,809 posts)
15. Geniuses are not born with a silver spoon in their mouth!
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:34 AM
17 hrs ago

Nor are they given everything they want!

Musk is a genius! He is a master of being a con man!

Norbert

(6,954 posts)
18. Einstein and Edison?
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:50 AM
17 hrs ago

When did they ever fuck up our government?

Megan, I think you skipped a few days on your Prozac.

GusBob

(7,812 posts)
19. She is absolutely right
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:58 AM
16 hrs ago

I hate the Nazi and will celebrate his downfall

I hate his friends too Megyn

tanyev

(45,919 posts)
21. Megyn's gonna make sure Trump never criticizes her again by being a good little propagandist.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:20 AM
15 hrs ago

Liberal In Texas

(15,064 posts)
24. You're right Meg...we hate Nazis and fascists. He checks both boxes.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:53 AM
15 hrs ago

People aren't buying Teslas out of fear, they've stopped out of disgust. Nobody in their right mind would want to support this rich Souith African who is dismantling our government and our civilization.

And the magats don't want to buy an EV because their golden idol has been preaching anti-EV propaganda for years.

hatrack

(62,123 posts)
31. To say nothing of the fact that his Big Idea Car is a piece of shit that sheds body parts . . . .
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:22 AM
14 hrs ago

Passages

(2,418 posts)
28. Pure calculated evil. She knows better and despite that willingly pushes
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:16 AM
14 hrs ago

and enables demagoguery for a living.

exboyfil

(18,180 posts)
29. There is a bit of the Edison about him
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:19 AM
14 hrs ago

though Musk is not nearly as talented. Edison was a brutal businessman who saw no issue with locking up IP even IP he didn't actually invent. Look up how he electrocuted an elephant and pushed for execution by capital punishment to damage Tesla/Westinghouse's introduction of AC current by trying to demonstrate its danger over Edison's proposed DC current solution.

I very well could see Musk electrocuting an elephant (ironic it is the GOP mascot) as part of the barker show he and Trump run.

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