{"id":361548,"date":"2026-06-18T08:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/senators-say-its-anti-capitalist-to-oppose-elon-musks-trillionaire-status"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:09:54","slug":"senators-say-its-anti-capitalist-to-oppose-elon-musks-trillionaire-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/senators-say-its-anti-capitalist-to-oppose-elon-musks-trillionaire-status","title":{"rendered":"Senators Say It is Anti-Capitalist to Oppose Elon Musk&#8217;s Trillionaire Standing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Cynthia Lummis &amp; Thom Tillis<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">You Can&#8217;t Be a Capitalist and Be Against Elon Musk!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-06-18T01:00:10-07:00\"><br \/>\n               June 18, 2026<br \/>\n              1:00 AM PDT<\/time><br \/>\n                                   <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-06-18T06:04:53-07:00\"><br \/>\n                 June 18, 2026<br \/>\n                6:04 AM PDT<\/time>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-3e69a34e4254577a811c2949ec751648\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ffbd2f2a-8676-4ed6-a59a-da50ae7eef6c-1683019143-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ffbd2f2a-8676-4ed6-a59a-da50ae7eef6c-1683019143-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Criticism of Donald Trump\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/81\/16by9\/2026\/06\/17\/81928a7155e44af89faf0d0c7ecf26f8_md.jpg\" alt=\"cynthia-lummis-kal-06-17-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3e69a34e4254577a811c2949ec751648--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bb5c33856019699486c7e302507a71d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>You cannot be a capitalist if you go after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>just &#8217;cause he&#8217;s a trillionaire &#8230; so say 2 U.S. Senators.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bb5c33856019699486c7e302507a71d8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8e72fc3541060c3f2bf7e207fa80a571\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jacob-wasserman\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jacob<\/strong><\/a> snagged Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/cynthia-lummis\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Cynthia Lummis<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/thom-tillis\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Thom Tillis<\/strong><\/a>, who both agree, you can&#8217;t set a dollar limit on capitalism.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8e72fc3541060c3f2bf7e207fa80a571--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eeeb8ceca89a19611172160609ca29b1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eeeb8ceca89a19611172160609ca29b1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-498024d77aa20aba486d558802120887\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Jacob pressed Lummis &#8230; for cryin&#8217; out loud, Musk is worth more than the GDP of many countries, but she stood firm. As for whether it&#8217;s too much for one person to have, she wasn&#8217;t buying what Jacob was selling.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-498024d77aa20aba486d558802120887--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-994b3bbee663b5014e7f7a840a4008a5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The way Senator Lummis sees it, Elon shouldn&#8217;t be penalized for his undeniably impressive achievements.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-994b3bbee663b5014e7f7a840a4008a5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6321c491ffe9f48512129e257951de79\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e30eaa20-f914-4c6e-b25c-c4b7325d1596-9317590-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e30eaa20-f914-4c6e-b25c-c4b7325d1596-9317590-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/dc\/16by9\/2026\/06\/17\/dc5c318cce4b414892486a63f5839111_md.jpg\" alt=\"thom-thillis-kal-06-17-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6321c491ffe9f48512129e257951de79--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-07faf926976e373c9ca4df3d6e50d52c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Senator Tillis sees it as black-and-white &#8230; you&#8217;re a capitalist if you give Elon a pat on the back, but if you go after him you&#8217;re a socialist or communist. Well, maybe that&#8217;s black and grey and white.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-07faf926976e373c9ca4df3d6e50d52c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-01e03397797b53bf57805a7fa986b79d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Jacob pressed the point &#8230; what if Elon becomes a quintillionaire &#8230; Thom wasn&#8217;t into the hypothetical, and the elevator door closes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-01e03397797b53bf57805a7fa986b79d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ba375abbc49c0b2dd8a79593aaf0a991\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And scene!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ba375abbc49c0b2dd8a79593aaf0a991--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/18\/cynthia-lummis-thom-tillis-discuss-elon-musk-being-a-trillionaire\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia Lummis &amp; Thom Tillis You Can&#8217;t Be a Capitalist and Be Against Elon Musk!!! 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