In the wake of Elon Musk and Donald Trump stepping in and stopping the massive, 1500+ page spending bill that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wanted to ram through with Democratic help, they have faced significant acrimony directed their way online, such as from Rep. AOC. Another figure leading the charge was Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud.
Speaker Johnson had remained positive about the bill, framing it as a way of aiding farmers and disaster survivors, saying things like, “We will not have a government shutdown, and we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid, for the disaster victims all over the country and for making sure that military and essential services and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays.”
But Elon and Trump had torpedoed the original monstrosity, rightly seeing it as a way of ramming through leftist pork funding under the guise of doing what Speaker Johnson claimed and aiding those in need of disaster relief. Eventually, on Friday the 20th of December, a redone bill passed that Elon and Trump at least found tolerable.
It was after all that fighting that Natasha Cloud went on the attack against Elon Musk and others. Beginning, she referenced Musk’s African heritage and commented on the view amongst many on the right that it is high time for deportations to begin. She wrote, “So when y’all gone tell Elon to go back to Africa?”
Continuing in a second post about the matter, one in which she attacked “billionaires” for influencing the government, she said, “Im so glad ALL these billionaires have no idea how the 3 branches of government work….or how a bill gets passed into law. Shoutout to the 38 Republicans who shot the bill down in the House while being threatened & blackmailed.”
Commenters on her post were not happy with her. One, for example, wrote, “Newsflash….those three branches of government work for WE THE PEOPLE…..we the people pay taxes to fund all of this bullshit….that spending bill had nothing but pork and all kinds of other slush fund crap in it that did nothing to benefit American tax payers. Elon was one of millions who blew up social media calling out this BS and got it shit canned. That is the way our system was set up to work. Maybe if you had an IQ over 50 and studied early American history, you’d be able to figure that out.”
Cloud has attacked “billionaires” before. For example, in a post on December 17, Cloud alleged that America is an “oligarchy” because wealthy people are involved in influencing policy. She said, “Y’all mad that orange man lied and told yall he was gonna make shit cheaper🤣 A bunch of billionaires now control our banking, our food, our healthcare & the info that we will receive. Look up the word oligarchy.”
Cloud has been consistent as a Trump hater. For example, in a post the day after the election, she said, “The privilege of celebrating rn is exactly what’s wrong with us as people. I am truly worried about my fundamental human rights. Racism, misogyny, and hatred of women are so deeply rooted into everything that is America. Until we fix the roots…it will never grow.”
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