“Fox & Friends” host Lawrence Jones said Friday that Democrats have contradicted themselves by claiming President-elect Donald Trump is a dictator while also arguing that tech billionaire Elon Musk is pulling the strings.
Democrats, who spent months ahead of the election warning Trump is a want-to-be dictator, have argued that the president-elect has ceded his power to Musk in response to the downfall of the House’s continuing resolution (CR). Jones said Democrats cannot have it both ways, stating Trump is either a dictator who will seize all power or he has allowed Musk to take influence on major policies.
“The last thing I’ll say on this, because a lot of people are out there saying that Elon Musk is the president-elect. The Democrats have to pick a talking point,” Jones said. “Either Donald Trump is gonna be a dictator on day one and run everything and ruin the infrastructure of the country, or he’s ceded his power to Elon Musk. It can’t be both.”
Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal expressed concern that Trump has “ceded” his power to Musk and is allowing the tech billionaire to act as a “shadow president” during a CNN segment on Thursday. Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed Musk is puppeteering Trump ahead of his upcoming presidential term. (RELATED: CNN Panel Gets Into Heated Exchange After Panelist Says Trump, Elon Musk Have ‘No Interest In Governing’)
Vice President Kamala Harris and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asserted in October that Trump is a “fascist,” citing accusations made by his former chief of staff John Kelly that the president-elect praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Democratic New York Rep. Dan Goldman warned that Trump intends to become a “dictator” in response to the now-president-elect’s claim that Americans will not have to vote again if he is reelected because the nation will be completely fixed. […]
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