# Government shutdown December 2024 edition

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-december-2024-edition/1011844>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-december-2024-edition/1011844 "2024-12-19T02:26:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-december-2024-edition/1011844/163 "2024-12-28T21:02:06Z")

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> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#):
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> When you add to the equation that Musk is a racist bigot who, like Trump, doesn’t have American interests at heart, but only his own, it is clear that he really shouldn’t be anywhere near the workings of our government.

> **[Musk calls some Trump supporters ‘contemptible fools,’ escalating beef MAGA...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/video/elon-musk-laura-loomer-foreign-workers-visa-digvid-src)**
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> CNN’s Katilan Collins and Jonah Goldberg discuss the escalating tension between Elon Musk and members of a MAGA faction that includes long-time Trump ally Laura Loomer.

_Musk calls some Trump supporters ‘contemptible fools,’ escalating tension with MAGA hardliners_

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