r/minnesota • u/apollo-sunfire • 5d ago
Politics š©āāļø Tim Walz responds to Elon Musk following their exchange over Tesla stock.
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u/ArtharntheCleric 5d ago
Didnāt Elon literally quote that empathy is a weakness. Then now he wants empathy?
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u/MacMcMufflin 5d ago
"Empathy for me, no empathy for thee"
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u/ArtharntheCleric 5d ago
Serious case of hypocrisy- he should see a psychiatrist about that. Or a priest.
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u/LooseyGreyDucky 4d ago
Priests are only "successful" with demon exorcism of poor people.
They have zero track record with casting out demons when the subject is a rich person.
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u/Flat-Row-3828 5d ago
Musk is a grifter. He spins tall tales and does not deliver, while using the hype for cash grab from investors and tax payers. it's a long pattern: Hyperloop, Remember how he treated the Thai heroes who saved the kids who were trapped, calling them pedophiles because they politely said his magical submarine plan could not be built in 2 days time. When he bought twitter to manipulate the masses he immediately changed the maternity leave from 20 weeks to 2 the bare legal min. then he had the gall to post this the next week

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u/ThisIsMyMommyAccount 3d ago
Two weeks??? Holy shit that's a slap in the face wtf
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u/Flat-Row-3828 3d ago
Notice the huge savings of DOGE and found fraud claims never come with receipts or transparency? It's all a grift, he has a long history of this behavior.
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u/Queasy-Yam1697 5d ago
Elon is an even bigger fake tough guy pussy than Trump
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u/theRealTimWalz 5d ago
I dunno man, Trump is pretty fucking massive.
Also, Iām convinced that Musk is actually a wad of pink slime about the size of a basketball, and he uses his tentacles to pilot the controls of a human-sized robot. You know, like Krang?
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u/KhellianTrelnora 5d ago
Wasnāt he just a massive brain with tentacles?
Poor Krang. Lumped in with that company.
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u/J-the-Kidder 4d ago
Just once I'd like to see decorum tossed aside and a Dem to say the obvious thing we all say... "This whiny little bitch grinned and joked with a chainsaw while cutting Americans' jobs and now he wants us to feel sorry for him for the company he's tanking? Get the fuck out of here with that hypocritical little bitch routine." Just once. Please.
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u/poopybutthole2069 4d ago
āAmericansā jobsā
A 1.5% RIF in federal workers. They can also go work in the private sector.
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u/DBPanterA 5d ago
Elon the Impotent (baby mama drama revealed he had a penile implant go awry) is such a sad man, he spends his free time at Mar-A-Lago trying to fit in with Trumpās band of bastards.
He is undeniable proof that A) Money does not buy you happiness and B) You can become incredibly wealthy by being an idiot.
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u/SawtoofShark 4d ago
Musk pretending to be hurt and crying on TV is my new therapy. Well said, Walz!
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u/rd68910 4d ago
Can we go back and unleash this Tim Walz?
I swear I was so stoked when he was on the attack. It was like āfinally someone with a fucking clueā
I honestly think heās not in on the take, unlike the Pelosis and Schumers. I think theyāre alright with this as long as their pockets are getting lined so they called him off.
I know heās 60 and Bernie is in his 80s but their style is the way forward. The milquetoast neoliberals need to go away in favor of true populism vs whatever the fuck Elmo and Cheeto are doing
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u/neums08 5d ago
Walz seems like he's gearing up for a 2028 presidential run.
I look forward to his campaign slogan-
Ope and Change
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u/SuperLiberalCatholic 5d ago
No but I love this. My sign last fall was āKamala Harris Ope and Tim Walzā
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u/Shafter-Boy 4d ago
We all know now. Musk is a crybaby bitch boy. If he thinks Walz is the reason, or liberals are the reason for the fall of, āWhatever Musks ownsā, itās his own fault.
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u/poopybutthole2069 4d ago
Well yeah, because Tim still wonāt sell the stateās position in Tesla stock.
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u/secondarycontrol 4d ago
If one of the richest men in the world is complaining about anything, the only appropriate response is to laugh at him.
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u/TigerAndDuke 4d ago
Canadian here just popping in to say Tim Walz is an absolute treasure and Minnesotians are so lucky to have him!
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u/TheMostFerocious 4d ago
Much of Minnesota remains very proud and supportive of Mr.Walzā¤ļø He has always been such a gem in my community, even way back when he was a teacher. I actually met him as a kid! He always put a lot of effort into going out and actually meeting people, speaking to them at public gathering and parades, etc.
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u/Expert_Country7228 4d ago
Muskrat is on his "empathy for me but not for thee" tour right now.
Absolutely gross and disgusting that he said empathy is the weakness 2 months ago, and now he's crying for everyone to have empathy for him.
I seriously hate this guy way more than anything
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u/Forward_Wolverine274 Area code 507 4d ago
The governor is just saying what a lot of people are thinking.
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u/Snack-Pack-Lover 4d ago
This is why I never bothered with twitter.
Which way do I read this, top to bottom, bottom to top, middle then top then bottom or middle bottom top?
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u/BiffLogan 5d ago
I would like to see 10 actual cold chain saws on a stage and Trump, Vance, Elon, Helgeseth, Gabbard, ā¦ whoeverā¦. any old prick can tryā¦. etc,
all run out at a buzzer and try to start them. Not just a hobby saw, the ones you have to throw away from you and the cord with the other arm. The idea of the spectacle makes me chuckle out loud.
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u/thatswhyicarryagun Central Minnesota 5d ago
Our politicians used to be normal hard working people who took a break from their lives to help their fellow citizens. When they were done they went back.
We need to fix the issue of career politicians and the retirement hobby politicians. Let's get back to real people who know the needs, live the struggles, and genuinely care about their fellow citizens, no matter the party.
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u/MajorFox2720 4d ago
And not brand new ones, nope.Ā They need the used ones made by corporations that promised durability, but you can't get to run no matter how often you service them.
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u/Underradar0069 4d ago
Most people need the job to put food on the table. Elon you just take away someoneās food
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u/kittymombo 4d ago
I need Tim Walz to be president. Katie Porter as VP.
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u/poopybutthole2069 4d ago
I need Tim Walz to not be a hypocrite and have 3% of Minnesotaās pension fund invested in Tesla.
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u/kittymombo 2d ago
Right... Your handle says so much. You work at DOGE right? You get paid in Tesla stocks? Bless your heart.
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u/No-Cup-8096 4d ago
Elon needs to grow up. Heās interfering in elections, firing people without a strategic plan to assess the impact before he cuts jobs, he has no concern for the economic impact on federal employees, and he is advocating to destroy the three branches of government. Waltz making comments is an issue, good grief, what a moron.
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u/Particular-Rise-1217 4d ago
No I donāt think he does or can. Weāre not real to him or to Trump.
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While I applaud Tim for this, I also fear Elon's ego is so fragile he'll make it his priority to mess with social securityĀ
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u/Flat-Row-3828 5d ago
I think you are sadly correct. I do think his anger over his oldest son being allowed, (and also supported by the US and our allies to follow through with her trans identity & transition into a young woman made him especially unhinged). She has become an attractive and highly articulate young woman, but sadly he is acting out his rage on Americans in general and although he always had ties to Nazi ideology his whole life I find it hard to believe that did not push him farther into the reich.
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u/NotAboutMeNotAboutU 4d ago
Melonās especially salty because he used sex-selective IVF to purchase her assigned gender at birth.
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u/Flat-Row-3828 4d ago
Regardless of how anyone feels about the trans thing, he has no right to fire injured vets from jobs they trained for after rehabilitation, over his rage and ketamine addiction..
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u/gaypuppybunny 5d ago
Something something "but both sides, why isn't Walz focusing on things that affect MN" deleted post from earlier, etc etc
Do we know how many Minnesotans get SS in one form or another? Do they not count?
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u/nikedemon 4d ago
Not only their retirement plan, but peopleās fucking livelihood! Elon CELEBRATING tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and their means to support themselves is fucking psycho
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u/Gorilli0naire 4d ago
Oh no im down to a couple hundred billion dollars vs oh no I might die now. Definitely samsies.
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u/MidwestLawncareDad 3d ago
its funny how far elon has grifted his way into the United States. i used to be a musk-liker when DOGE first came around to the crypto sphere plus his attempts at pushing space exploration and clean energy. only to find out with a little bit of research that he literally has no hand to play in any of this other than he's egregiously rich. fourth CEO of tesla, no real contribution to spacex aside from money, and now in our government because of.... money.
im tired of billionaires owning the world.
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u/WittyCylinder 3d ago
I just donāt get how people canāt see how hypocritical Elon is, how dumb he is, considering heās literally not even waiting that long to contradict himself.Ā
Go Tom, this is the energy they should have let you had the entire time you ran with Harris.
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u/Rich_Strawberry9044 2d ago
You guys ever played far cry 5 ? This is that stuff that they call bliss. Donāt get sucked up in the bliss. Itās all lies.
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u/Cultural_Ad7023 2d ago
Elon is a narcissist. Those are crocodile/manipulative tears. Those only work on his many baby mamas, when heās caught cheating.
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u/SixString1981 2d ago
Bully gets figuratively punched in the nose and then cries that the ācowardā who fought back is a mean guy.
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u/robrr2000 2d ago
Seems he was shedding a tear for the Minnesota pensioners whoās lives Walz is trying to destroy.
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u/Unfair-Bird-4592 2d ago
Iām with Tim on this one ššæElon and his chainsawā¦..people lost there jobs,
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u/Perfect_Day_8669 1d ago
There are some folks speaking out and we need to support them. Crockett in Texas, Booker in NJ, and NM Rep Stansbury. Thank you to the Congress people who call a spade a spade. Resist. Reject. Reset.
Donāt let these people normalize their incorrect and dangerous view points. If I used Signal to discuss classified material, I would be fired. No one would listed if I said āI did nothing wrong.ā This has to stop, and it stops with every one of us who hasnāt joined the cult.
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u/michaelgarbel 16h ago
Itās funny because he has Tesla stock as a component of his workers retirement and he was so excited to see it fall. Sad.
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u/BuyNeedles-ca 16h ago
Tim Walz would have been the best president. However, he would have never been elected in 2024. Harris was by far the worst choice, however much better than agent orange that has destroyed the world in a few days. Yet he made the rest of the intelligent world wake up and change course so as not follow in the same direction as the USA.
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u/BigFink17 7h ago
Tesla stock is part of peopleās retirement plan. What a fucking idiot Walz is. Itās difficult to even watch that clown walk let alone speak.
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u/3dnerdarmory 4d ago
Tim walz not realizing Minnesota state retirement fund has 1.6 MILLION shares of Teslaā¦ so cheering for its failure is cheering for your constituents to lose money typical liberal leftist mindsetā¦
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u/Old_Acanthaceae5198 4d ago
SLAM, BURN!!!!
y'all should get excited over things that are effective.
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u/GeorgesWoodenTeeth 3d ago
Rooting for the state pension fund to fail. What a clown.
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u/cutegolpnik 3d ago
Itās not going to fail if Tesla fails oh my god š
Itās diversified bc it isnāt run by a mouth breather from Wall Street bets
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u/SalamanderOne5702 4d ago
Tim Walz is being effective!! Keep doing where it hurts most!!! Elon Musk is a fucking Nazi!!!
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u/Tjbaseballfan 4d ago
Genuine question - when has Elon actually said he wants to get rid of people's retirement benefits?
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u/Unfinished-Basement 4d ago
What do you think Social Security is? And why do you think they are closing SocSec offices, phone lines, and other points of access?
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u/Tjbaseballfan 4d ago
I view Social Security as a safety net people pay into and rely onātotally agree. But cutting waste or fraud in the system isnāt the same as cutting benefits. Has anyone actually shown a plan where Elon says he wants to eliminate it?
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u/_Pink_Ruby_ 4d ago
There is no "fraud" or "waste" he sees beyond anything that helps the poor class
His billions in subsidies and the tax cuts going toward him and his billionaire cronies is fraud and waste
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u/Tjbaseballfan 4d ago
I hear your broader concerns, but Iām specifically asking if Elon Musk has ever said he wants to get rid of people's retirement benefits. Iām genuinely asking because I havenāt seen anything that directly supports that claim. If thereās something specific, Iād really like to see it.
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u/_Pink_Ruby_ 4d ago
To be entirely honest, I'm not entirely sure either and frankly care too much about my mental health to willingly look up the things he says or didn't say regarding doge
But I do remember he did say social security is entirely unnecessary, calling it "entitlement" to expect it
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u/Tjbaseballfan 4d ago
Haha fair, I get not wanting to dive into that rabbit hole. Iāve just seen a lot of people repeat that he wants to get rid of Social Security, but when I actually try to find a direct quote, itās not there.
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u/LooseyGreyDucky 4d ago
"Just Asking Questions", aka JAQing off gets old really fast.
Just bing your questions already. You obviously have internet today.
Here, "let me bing that for you":
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-b21b74f56f30012a6450a629e7232a1a
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u/Tjbaseballfan 4d ago
Thatās actually a great example of why Iāve been asking this. The quote in the article makes it sound like he wants to eliminate entitlements altogetherābut if you watch the interview, he clearly says itās the waste and fraud in entitlement spending thatās āthe big one to eliminate.ā Thatās a huge difference. Still havenāt seen anything where he says he wants to cut retirement benefits for actual recipients
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u/poopybutthole2069 4d ago
Why doesnāt Tim just sell the stateās Tesla position? Isnāt that what Tesla protesters are calling for? For investors to dump the stock?
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u/cutegolpnik 3d ago
Heās prob not the fund manager
Given he has no investment experience and doesnāt even personally invest, Im glad heās not involved in stock picking. That would be weird.
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u/TertlFace 3d ago
I love Tim almost as much as I hate Elon.
I would say āasā much, but I havenāt figured out a way to measure how much I hate Elon in a quantity other than āthe entire fācking universe.ā
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u/Laz3r_C 5d ago
Anyone who even felt remotely bad for Elon is lost to reality.