Revolutionary-era French statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand as soon as quipped that his nation’s exiled Bourbon monarchs had discovered nothing and forgotten nothing.
At this time, within the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory within the 2024 election, Democrats have begun channeling their inside Bourbons.
In keeping with the UK’s Daily Mail, slick-haired Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, whose aristocratic sensibilities as soon as prompted him to exempt himself from his personal COVID restrictions, plans to take motion tantamount to retribution in opposition to Tesla CEO and Trump ally Elon Musk — a plan denounced as “silly” by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California.
Newsom’s plan would enable for a state tax rebate on the acquisition of electrical automobiles.
The plan, nonetheless, would reward solely these purchasers who purchase from struggling EV producers. Tesla at the moment dominates the California EV market with a 55 p.c market share. Hyundai and BMW rank second and third, respectively, at 6.4 p.c and 5.5 p.c.
In different phrases, whoever crafted Newsom’s proposal did so very clearly with the concept of concentrating on Musk’s Tesla.
“Regardless that Tesla is the one firm who manufactures their EVs in California! That is insane,” Musk wrote Monday on his social media platform X.
Regardless that Tesla is the one firm who manufactures their EVs in California!
That is insane. https://t.co/EhVeG2TYqT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2024
Khanna, a progressive Democrat, truly agreed with Musk’s evaluation.
“Tesla makes over 550,000 autos in Fremont in my district & employs over 20,000. Let’s not play politics with holding manufacturing in California,” the congressman wrote.
“It could be silly to exclude Tesla. Have we discovered nothing from snubbing @elonmusk on the Biden EV summit?” he requested.
Tesla makes over 550,000 autos in Fremont in my district & employs over 20,000. Let’s not play politics with holding manufacturing in California. It could be silly to exclude Tesla. Have we discovered nothing from snubbing @elonmusk on the Biden EV summit? https://t.co/I0Jzx51eP7
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) November 26, 2024
In fact, President Joe Biden’s vindictiveness towards Musk has gone far past publicly and hypocritically ignoring the Tesla CEO’s contributions to the EV business.
Thus, Khanna is mistaken if he thinks that merely together with Musk within the Biden administration’s EV and climate-related schemes would have prevented the Tesla CEO and free-speech champion from gravitating towards Trump.
The truth is, an X consumer and former Democrat operative who replied to Khanna painted a way more full image.
“How did we change into the celebration of censorship, Liz Cheney and cruelly and capriciously killing pet squirrels?” the consumer wrote.
I’ve been a Democratic since I used to be 13. I’ve been Paid workers, an elected officer in my state and labored on extra campaigns and recounts than I can keep in mind. Not this yr. How did we change into the celebration of censorship, Liz Cheney and cruelly and capriciously killing pet squirrels?…
— Kelly Wright (@mrkellywright) November 26, 2024
Furthermore, one can perceive why the congressman would attempt to defend 20,000 jobs in his district.
On the entire, nonetheless, Khanna definitely had it proper about Newsom’s foolishness.
And that foolishness highlights a bigger dynamic that would produce a civil struggle contained in the Democratic Occasion.
Democrats have spent 9 years positioning themselves as little greater than a deranged, petulant and tyrannical different to Trump.
Because of Musk’s X, Democrats and their minions within the institution media have misplaced their efficient monopoly on data dissemination. Their lies and heavy-handed techniques backfired. Trump won, and so they now discover themselves within the proverbial wilderness.
Thus, Democrats’ prospects now rely upon whether or not they undertake the sane strategy advocated by Khanna, or whether or not they observe the Bourbon Newsom into oblivion.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.