Summary
Multiple polls show that a significant portion of Americans oppose Elon Musk’s influence in government, particularly through DOGE.
A CBS/YouGov poll found that nearly half of respondents want Musk to have little or no influence, with opinions split along party lines.
Other polls from The Economist, Quinnipiac, and advocacy groups also reveal broad concerns over Musk’s power and lack of oversight.
Meanwhile, the White House continues to defend Musk and selectively highlight poll results that support Trump’s administration while ignoring criticism.
Then why did they vote for or refuse to vote against him?
Nobody voted for Elon.
It was clear he was part of Trump’s plan so yeah, plenty of people voted for him.
That’s like saying no one voted for migrant deportations because what they voted for was a person, not their program, well no, if something is part of their program then that’s something you’re voting for.
Elon musk did not run for any office. Nobody voted for him.
You can twist words any way you want, you’re still wrong.
Don’t be that person my man, just walk away
Not sure what you mean, nor am I sure wtf is wrong with everyone in this thread. Elon Musk is not an elected official. He ran for nothing and was never elected for anything.
Full stop.
He was on trumps dick for the entire campaign. If you voted for trump elon was part of the package.
So does this mean you’re surprised by what’s happening right now? Given everything they (Trump and Elon) have been putting on display prior to the election?
Just because he wasn’t on the ballot doesn’t mean people didn’t vote for him.
Maybe some dumbasses are genuinely surprised that trump is letting him run wild. Anyone who paid attention and voted R knowing that Elmo would have the influence that he does knows that a vote for trump is not functionally different than a vote for Elmo.
Literally: nobody voted for him.
Grand total: 0 votes.
You, surrounded by many trees: “where is the forest?”
Then you don’t understand how elections work.
One must be on the ballot to be elected in an election.
So when Republican farmers say “I didn’t vote for that” when they see ICE coming to pick up migrants working in fields you also agree with them because it’s not something that was on the ballot itself to vote on, right? You won’t tell them “That’s what you voted for by voting for Trump” right? Same for Republicans who will lose their social security benefits, right? They didn’t vote for that when ejecting Trump, it wasn’t on the ballot!
We’re talking about a candidacy, not policy.
Same difference, the people Trump chooses to manage things are all people indirectly voted in as he didn’t hide the fact that they were the kind of people he would choose.
Oh my bad, you thought Trump was going to go off of policy. Don’t tell me people voted for Trump because he was going to follow the rules …
Read the article. The people who voted for Trump still think Musk is fine.
That still leaves those who didn’t vote against it being idiots 🤷
People be dumb. I know I am.
Because there are propaganda networks out there and these have tried to convince their users and viewers that Elon is doing the right thing.
We can blame our judicial and legislative branches for allowing propaganda networks to be funded by oligarchs. These people too were being bankrolled by the ultra wealthy.