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Cornyn on Starlink being throttled in Ukraine: "I don't believe that Elon Musk would do this without at least the acquiescence of the White House. I think it's frankly shameful. I think we should be supporting the victim, not the aggressor."

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He's right with what he says here, but would he, as a Republican, actually use his mandate in the Senate to impeach Trump for being a traitor? I guess not, so his words mean quite little (even though it's better that he says what he says than saying the opposite).

No kidding. I do hope the discourse from this shifts from "Musk is a unique evil that requires a unique one-off solution" and to "billionaires should never be allowed to become this powerful". I'd rather it become "billionaires should not be allowed to exist" but I'll take what I can get.

Just amazing that Cornyn found his balls since he is not on a ballot. I wrote emails and made phone calls to him begging him to try to stop trump and all I got from his office was that trump had a decisive victory over Kamala, so that is the will of the people. Fuck him and the republicans.

He was targeted and primaried, but feigns surprise the admin would have any role..? His daughter is a DC lobbyist and he’s protecting the firm’s interests.

I'm so sick of these spineless m************! Their words and actions are 180° from each other. I've never felt hate in my life like I do at this point in time and nothing will satiate it other than REAL accountability for these deplorable pricks. 🤨

Agreed. That IS a major point that we should NOT be missing. That one man, unelected to any office (whether acting with Trump's acquiescence or gone totally rogue) even has the ABILITY to do this is effing terrifying! MusK owns/controls far too much of our world. He needs to be "throttled" back.

It worries me because we've mostly forgotten about DOGE, and I'm not computer savvy, but who's to say he and his gang of pre-pubescent minions didn't install a backdoor to America's voting systems? Do we know? Both Trump and Musk seem to be acting with impunity.

I'm just going to add to this dystopian horrorscape the scenario where Trump has completely abandoned Ukraine in what appears to be a favor to Putin, but in return for what? The mid-terms? I'm dreading waking up on Nov 4th. Even if Dems win, there will be so many conspiracies labeled as fact.

I think we're safe on that front. But only b/c the machines used by diff states are built by several different companies & in theory at least voting machines are not connected to the internet. Plus most states can't afford to replace voting machines regularly so MOST are well over 2 years old.

I'd say the easiest way to move Musk out of his need for world domination is to tell him he can't go to Mars. That he, the 2nd most egotistical asshole around, isn't capable of making that happen. Dare him to be the first man on Mars, then let Mars do its thing: Martian rigolith, CO2, and radiation.

If a Democrat had interfered in a war the way Musk just did, they'd already be in Gitmo awaiting execution. In a just world, Musk would be treated just like anyone else.

So why did or do you never do just that? Support 🇺🇦 actively & loudly from the beginning ? When interviewing these lame retiring arsehole senators and reps, journalists should call them on all the bullshite. They don’t get to rewrite their history.

Trump is a traitor. Trump has destroyed the Western Alliance, the strongest military & economic bloc in the world capable of stopping Putin’s aggression in Europe & Xi’s global ambitions, doing immensely more damage to America than the Rosenbergs & deserves their same fate. VOTE!

Without the acquiescence of the White House is a key factor. The acquiescence is an atrocity committed by Donald Trump against Ukrainians, and against the will of the American people - a favor to an American adversary, and a stain on the credibility of the United States as a respected world power.

Whine and whinge BUT the Senate and House do NOTHING about it... Cornyn had his chance to do something but, was the ever faithful party man until now, that is shameful.

Cue the Trump "LIDDLE JOHN CORNYN" obligatory response. Trump squats and squirts out a Douche Social post, probably calling Cornyn conflicted or stupid or a RINO, and five minutes later, he's talking about how much he loves men's asses. No wonder the MAGAts think he's the Second Coming of Christ.

Support the victim and not the aggressor ... unless we're talking about here in the US. Epstein victims, rape/incest victims, transgender youth, African Americans, Latinos, immigrants...

Real profile in fucking courage to stand up to the pumpkin spice Russian asset treasonweasel now, cowboy. Fuck you, John Cornyn, you chickenshit, fascist, bootlicking turdmonkey. Fuck you all the way to Hell, and may you burn there in eternal agony as soon as possible.

IF ONLY our lame duck Senator could (would) DO something. Oh well. Senators have such little power and use in American government. Can't be helped. ARRRRRRRGGGHHHH! 🔥😡🔥

Satiric Poem 3: Bad bots go bye bye Russian servers go boom Now Musk is trying To put Ukraine in a tomb! Zelensky is hero Took out the bad bots X traffic feels empty X business now rots Fake right wing supporters Have now gone away Lets all VOTE for freedom So democracy can stay!

A few years late and millions/billions of dollars short from loser to *reads notes* Ken Paxton, a candidate you could not design a worse version of even in TX.

He is scared he won’t t mak money as a lobbyist! The needs to be a law no lobbying by former politicians for five years after leaving office! If they receive a gov retirement. No lobbying ever!

John, both of these guys have paid money to silence sexual assault accusations. One has been adjudicated to be a rapist. What makes you think they would ever side with a victim over an invader?

When Canada, all of Europe and others replace starlink with their own trustworthy products, musk will be a minor player in that area. Really, what country anywhere would trust him?

trump and musk have been the aggressors their whole lives leaving victims in their wake forever and are still doing it they are evil cornyn knows this and should have tried to stop them decades ago

Cornyn, you should have voted to impeach Trump last go round. Too damn late now to complain. You've been complacent all this term, and what did it get you? Your master turned on you, and now you're out. YAY

Be like Rapepublicans: Use your enemy to accomplish your goals before turning on them. I.E., use Cornyn and the other rats trying to get off the sinking ship to get Trump out of office and hold him accountable, then go after every lawbreaker in the GOP.

Cornyn just said the quiet part on camera: Musk didn't throttle Ukraine's internet alone, the White House nodded along. When a Texas Republican calls his own team shameful, the cover story is officially dead.

Very Mike Penceoid. Just stop talking and enjoy the fruits of your corruption, apathy and sycophancy. I lump him into the Trump category— no need to acknowledge anything he says or writes. Prodigious waste of my time it would be.

If Republicans had stood up to Trump on so many issues since 2025, we would not be where we are now and they would stand a better chance of keeping their jobs.

The issue I have with people like Cornyn and his fellow travellers is that would he have had the guts and integrity to say what is clearly a cleared eye and common sense take on this subject, if he hadn’t lost his Senate perch?

Trump clearly - but tragically misguidedly - thinks Ukraine is the aggressor and he wants them to concede or surrender to his favourite, Putin and Russia.

I wouldn’t put anything Musk does past him. He has all the money, satellites, and hatefulness to do anything. Likely with Trumps blessing but even without, he is certainly capable. Look how he took over DOGE and ran with it, scooping up records, data, personal info on US citizens. Atrocious man!

Oh, for God sakes please stop drinking that trump Kool-Aid. It’s melting your brain. Musk brought it to trump as a thought, and he authorized it because of musk make no mistake about this people 

Absolutely incredible how he found his spine after he was defeated in the primary. I promise you if he had won the nomination and was up for re-election he wouldn’t be saying this.

Sounds like Cornyn doesn’t think much of Trump, thinks he’s a bad enough guy who would allow innocent Ukrainians to be killed. So why is he trying to help Trump to keep the senate? Essentially giving him more Power.