Lawrence O’Donnell: When Elon Musk Called Trump Voters ‘Unrepentant Racists,’ Trump ‘Sided with the Rich Guy’

O DONNELL With the ░░░░░░░░ reeling from the attack ░░░░░░░░ New Orleans and those ░░░░░░░░ us with family and ░░░░░░░░ in New Orleans worried ░░░░░░░░ their safety the big ░░░░░░░░ in Donald Trump s ░░░░░░░░ were not talking about ░░░░░░░░ Orleans They were talking ░░░░░░░░ visas Former Trump staff ░░░░░░░░ Steve Bannon got in ░░░░░░░░ public argument on Twitter ░░░░░░░░ the owner of Twitter ░░░░░░░░ Musk that provoked Musk ░░░░░░░░ call Trump supporters like ░░░░░░░░ unrepentant racists Musk seemed ░░░░░░░░ to discover that there ░░░░░░░░ any racists supporting Donald ░░░░░░░░ Remember the outrage in ░░░░░░░░ the news media and ░░░░░░░░ world eight years ago ░░░░░░░░ candidate for president Hillary ░░░░░░░░ referred to some Trump ░░░░░░░░ as deplorables the racist ░░░░░░░░ homophobic xenophobic Islamophobic you ░░░░░░░░ it Donald Trump pretended ░░░░░░░░ be deeply offended at ░░░░░░░░ Clinton s accurate description ░░░░░░░░ some Trump supporters When ░░░░░░░░ richest person Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ ever met who also ░░░░░░░░ to be the richest ░░░░░░░░ in the world calls ░░░░░░░░ voters unrepentant racists Donald ░░░░░░░░ of course sided with ░░░░░░░░ rich guy against his ░░░░░░░░ supporters Donald Trump decided ░░░░░░░░ publicly agree with Elon ░░░░░░░░ that we should admit ░░░░░░░░ skilled immigrants into this ░░░░░░░░ even to take jobs ░░░░░░░░ Americans are eager to ░░░░░░░░ Nobel Prize winning economist ░░░░░░░░ Krugman writes in his ░░░░░░░░ article titled MAGA is ░░░░░░░░ eating its own Pass ░░░░░░░░ popcorn Like many observers ░░░░░░░░ expected severe buyers regret ░░░░░░░░ early in the second ░░░░░░░░ Administration After all many ░░░░░░░░ who voted for Trump ░░░░░░░░ so because they believed ░░░░░░░░ would bring down grocery ░░░░░░░░ He was never going ░░░░░░░░ be able to deliver ░░░░░░░░ that promise and stopped ░░░░░░░░ about the subject as ░░░░░░░░ as the election was ░░░░░░░░ sooner or later voters ░░░░░░░░ going to notice I ░░░░░░░░ not however expect a ░░░░░░░░ civil war weeks before ░░░░░░░░ had even taken office ░░░░░░░░ Musk threatened Trump supporters ░░░░░░░░ Steve Bannon on Twitter ░░░░░░░░ Take a big step ░░░░░░░░ and F yourself in ░░░░░░░░ face I will go ░░░░░░░░ war on this issue ░░░░░░░░ likes of which you ░░░░░░░░ possibly comprehend Vivek Ramaswamy ░░░░░░░░ the Musk side of ░░░░░░░░ argument by saying that ░░░░░░░░ workers are just not ░░░░░░░░ good as foreign workers ░░░░░░░░ workers are mediocre Ramaswamy ░░░░░░░░ American culture has venerated ░░░░░░░░ over excellence for way ░░░░░░░░ long Imagine imagine if ░░░░░░░░ Clinton or Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ Kamala Harris or any ░░░░░░░░ anywhere ever said that ░░░░░░░░ workers are mediocre American ░░░░░░░░ are not as good ░░░░░░░░ foreign workers and that ░░░░░░░░ culture has venerated mediocrity ░░░░░░░░ Krugman writes So where ░░░░░░░░ Trump coming down on ░░░░░░░░ this It has always ░░░░░░░░ clear that he shares ░░░░░░░░ tech bros contempt for ░░░░░░░░ Americans but is he ░░░░░░░░ to openly sell out ░░░░░░░░ MAGA base Why yes ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk told Trump ░░░░░░░░ to F themselves in ░░░░░░░░ face Trump sided with ░░░░░░░░