Elon Musk just sat down with Tucker Carlson for about two hours, the better part of two hours. He also recently spoke at a Trump rally off the cuff. On both occasions, he said that if Republicans do not get out and vote for Donald Trump, this will be the last election.

What do you make of that? He's just an idiot. I thought I was supposed to have communism after eight years of Obama, and then I thought I was getting communism after four years of Biden. Still hasn't happened. I thought we were getting a wall after four years of Trump. Didn't happen. I thought we were getting a balanced budget after eight years of Bush and four years of Trump. Didn't happen. Like, it's just [ __ ] talking points that mean nothing. I must say I was shocked to hear such extreme

language. Um, and again, even just from a point of optics, I mean, if if if that's what he believes, then fine. But to get up and say this will be the last election, I find that sort of difficult to believe that he could take it seriously. But

listening to him on Tucker, he's making a very specific point about border crossings. He's making a very specific, he's not saying that there won't literally be elections again. His point is that Democratic policy is opening up the border, flooding the country with

immigrants who will be fast-tracked to green cards and then citizenship, specifically shipped into swing states where the states can be decided by tens of thousands of votes. Shipping in hundreds of thousands of people who will vote Democrat, even though they might be culturally more right-wing where they

come from their top priority is going to be getting their family to come and live with them and so they're always going to vote blue and so if we vote Democrat we get four more years of flooding the border with immigrants who are going to vote blue uh thereby flooding

the border with even more immigrants who are always going to vote blue setting up what Elon Musk predicts will be like a essentially a one-party country in the way that California is in effect de facto a one-party state that's the specific point that he's making so when

he says this will be the last election he means that this will be the last election with uh a meaningful discrepancy between right-wing and left-wing voters on issues other than just trying to get their families to come and live with them do you think

there's any credence in what he's said no I think that Elon Musk is a 97 IQ man who masquerades as a 137 IQ man and all of his followers are 85 IQ so they all believe that he's as smart as he says he

is he wouldn't be able to pass a Civics 101 test um the man is just astoundingly [ __ ] stupid when it comes to talking about anything outside of his very narrow set of expertise which just seems to be creating a whole bunch of children

with a whole bunch of women so nothing that he says we again we've been hearing the same arguments for decades um even what conservatives say I just caught a guy trying to make this dog [ __ ] argument before about bringing in certain types of immigrants that will

only vote liberal every immigrant votes for liberals because conservatives are [  __  ] insane and that's their fault if you can't find a way to appeal to anybody that comes into this country that's not bought in and indoctrinated with your political ideology from birth

that sounds like a [  __  ] you problem because I I caught a guy doing oh I don't want a bunch of brown Haitian black whatever immigrants coming it's like oh really you think people coming from [  __  ] Norway and Sweden are

voting for Donald Trump you think people immigrating from Italy or France or Germany or Poland even are voting for Donald Trump no this is not happening nobody from around the world comes to the United States like man Donald Trump this guy seems like he's making some

real good point I'm going to vote conservative doesn't really happen so every immigrant group and you can go look at the poll uh at the Pew polling field there's like every immigrant group votes left that's the conservative problem and by the way there's not even

a real reason why that has to be the case because if conservatives would just not be [  __  ] racist they actually have a lot in common with immigrant groups especially when it comes to social values if you look at stuff like trans stuff you think it's a bunch of of brown

immigrants from South America that are championing no it's white kids right it's ex almost exclusively these like young white college kids that are non-binary and blue hair and all this [  __  ] so this is like again this is conservatives creating their own problem

uh and then getting super assmad about it but again the idea that there's like this significant demographic change for people coming to this country I no like what are we going to do shut down all immigration like is even worse now than it was in the past uh you know we've got

an issue with asylum seeking right now we tried to fix it but Republicans shut that bill down so apparently they don't give a [ __ ] about it too much because they wanted to keep the issue open for Donald Trump to run on so I guess they

don't actually care um I have no sympathy and Elon Musk is an idiot so I wouldn't trust anything he says whatsoever about immigration or the border you said the idea demographic demographic shift you said I I sort of don't buy into it do you mean the idea

that it's happening or the idea that it's bad um the idea that it's happening at some unprecedented rate the idea that it's even necessarily a bad thing and the idea that it can't be like politically accounted for there is no reason why brown people or black people

or or people of color coming from other countries have to vote Democrat and can't vote Republican right right like Republicans are the ones that say over and over again Trump is doing better with black voters than anyone else okay well keep doing that then appeal to them

why can you not appeal to people that aren't white uh you know rural voter you should be able to do this I quibble with what you said about like European immigrants because I mean Europe has been having something of a perceivable shift to the right um is quite hard to

track as the elections keep surprising us um but I I don't know maybe like nationalists are more likely to stay at home because they're nationalists like potentially sure but I mean it still plays into my point people aren't immigrating white immigrants don't come

from Europe to for conservatives in the United States where there are immigrants immigrating into a country of course there could be so many reasons why they're voting left maybe it's just because they're all really reasonable people and left-wing parties are eminently more reasonable and that's

why immigrants are voting left on the whole do you not think it could possibly have something to do with them wanting to support their family coming over the border something to do with you know immigration welfare this kind of stuff that the United States sucks for welfare we're [ __ ] country when it comes to

welfare like no people immigrate illegally to the United States usually because they're looking to work and they're looking for employment opportunities I think we need an immigration overhaul but nobody wants to get sit down and actually do it um to

make it easier to come in and out of the country the very least for like work visas so people don't feel the need to illegally immigrate to the country but um people aren't like the idea this is just it's the most [ __ ] American thing in

the world I think that people are coming here to get our excellent [ __ ] welfare benefits it's absolutely not the case I mean I know that you obviously don't agree with Elon Musk let's put it that way but but there's there's no

cause for concern like even a sliver the idea that people that there might be a sort of self-reinforcing policy in politics that is self-reinforcing in the sense that if we vote for these people they bring in these people who vote for

the same people who bring in more of those people ultimately culminating in this self-fulfilling sort of democratic I mean I guess like I guess theoretically that can happen but like that can happen in so many different ways right like who like who's to say

that when um like here like here would be an example like liberals broadly speaking support things like abortion aren't you aborting like most of your voter base like isn't it generally minorities or people you know they always talk about the black Holocaust as abortion aren't

black voters generally Democrat so if we think that people are specifically choosing policies just to increase their voter base why do Democrats support abortion right that's an example of a policy that Republicans want to fight against as hard as possible that hurts them electorally so I don't think that

people are necessarily making you know the argument that we should allow in more immigrants because we know they're going to vote for us and that also that can be a workaround or a thing that you do for immigration overhaul again maybe you make it so that people can come in for

work visas but they can't vote um because they're just you know on temporary visas or maybe the path to citizenship is you know 10 years out or something or or a little bit harder than just residency I don't know there are ways to counter that but it can't be we

It can't be that your country's immigration policy should be centered around the well-being of the country. It can't be centered around your party being too [ __ ] racist to appeal to a huge demographic of voters coming

from other parts of the world. [ __ ] You leave, go somewhere else if if your idea of good immigration is we can't have too many people coming in that don't match our racist, you know, ideology, then [ __ ] you, we're actively making ourselves

worse. And we already have restrictions on immigration. Like, I think it's 7% per country is like the cap or something like that. It's not like we'll take like 50 million legal Mexican immigrants in one time. Do you think immigration is too high? I don't even know what that means and

nobody that is even debating it knows what that means. Like the the problem is that when when you get into these types of conversations, you really have to you really need to get in the weeds about what you're saying. Like, so for instance, somebody says immigration too high, well

for what? It grows the economy because labor is one of the most productive and important inputs to your economy. So, in that sense, our GDP grows and our economy grows. Fiscally, it tends to be pretty beneficial because immigrants tend to be young and they work as young people.

Right? They're not old and consuming a ton of healthcare like older people are. Um, in terms of cost of housing, probably be negative. It's probably driving prices up a bit because wherever they go, there's going to be an increased demand for houses. Um, in terms of opportunity

for locals depending on what the unemployment is you could have immigrants that are competing with local workers you know Tech workers complain about H1B immigrants some poor people in the South will complain about competing with undocumented immigrants for work um to say that it's necessarily all good or all bad or

even good or bad it really depends particularly on the issue that you're talking about it was discussed in the VP debate recently and housing came up as one example um but it was also said that more than 50% or around 50% of

Americans support mass deportations I seriously doubt that which kind of stunned me as a statistic I I I don't know if it's true but like I mean that would surprise you if it were true I don't think that's true my guess is if I

could dig into that poll or whatever it's citing it probably says something like would you be in favor of deporting every undocumented immigrant with like a violent felony or felony conviction or whatever in which case I even I would be in favor of that yeah [ __ ] you if you're going to

illegally immigrate in here and then commit a [ __ ] felony it's time to go yeah of course I mean do you think that there's a reasonable case to be made for the the sort of broad idea that immigration is too high that isn't based

on just like emotive racist right-wing like paranoia I don't know if I would say it's based on par on racist paranoia but it is based on paranoia like we said earlier it's an aesthetic right in terms of or the presentation of reality is

aesthetic um Shane Gillis is a funny bit you know where he's talking about Trump and everything about how you know my dad and Pennsylvania is oddly concerned with the border and he's very obsessed with illegal immigration you know like an illegal is going to walk up to Pennsylvania and threaten his job you know I could tell you right now there are 5 million illegals crossing the border yesterday or I could tell you it was 5,000 last year you would have no idea you no way to track that you have

no way to know that it's hard to know where this even shows up in people's lives um yeah there was a good YouGov poll in like how do you feel about the Outlook of the economy and the uh or how are you doing in the economy and it was

like as soon as Trump was elected uh versus Biden and then when Biden was reelected again it flips completely where all of a sudden like as soon as Trump is like when the economy was starting to do um good it is doing good now but when it was doing good I think a

couple years ago and the stock market started to shoot up Trump said that the reason why was because people thought that he was going to get elected again so now the stock market is up like it's it's people are totally untethered from reality yeah I I see a lot of people um

do do you have any thoughts about the relevance of demographic change I mean I constantly see statistics being thrown around about how like white people are going to become a minority by 2100 or whatever it may be again same question do you think that this is just sort of racist

paranoia or do you think there's any legitimate concern in this? I think that good people can be driven to legitimate concern, but I don't think there is true legitimate concern. Who cares? Like, this is a country that is founded on immigration, um, right now I said this

when I was talking to Sam Harris, like, I've been told for decades that immigrants that don't share my values are going to overwhelm my country and either do Sharia law or Hispanic law or whatever the [ __ ] is going to come and

destroy our country, and right now the biggest threat to democracy in the United States is is largely white conservatives. They share less in line with me politically and in terms of American values than any immigrant that illegally jumped a fence to come over here and work, so no, I I I think it's a I don't

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Elon Musk's Political Statements and Their Interpretation

Musk stated in recent interviews that if Republicans don't vote for Trump, it will be the last election.

The speaker dismisses Musk's statement as meaningless talking points, expressing surprise at the extreme language used.

The speaker questions Musk's seriousness regarding his statement about the last election.

Musk's comments on border crossings and their political implications are discussed.

Analysis of Musk's Claims about Immigration and Elections

Musk's argument focuses on Democratic policies opening the border, leading to an influx of immigrants who may vote Democrat.

The speaker explains Musk's prediction of a one-party system due to increased Democratic voters from immigration.

The speaker questions the credibility of Musk's claims about the last election.

The speaker criticizes Musk's intelligence and knowledge outside his area of expertise.

The speaker refutes the idea that all immigrants vote liberal, highlighting the complexity of immigration and voting patterns.

The speaker argues that the conservative problem lies in their inability to appeal to immigrant groups due to perceived racism.

Debunking the Narrative of Demographic Shift and its Implications

The speaker challenges the idea of an unprecedented demographic shift and its negative implications.

The speaker argues that there's no inherent reason why people of color must vote Democrat.

The speaker discusses the complexities of European immigration and voting patterns.

The speaker explores potential reasons for immigrants voting left, including the reasonableness of left-wing parties and family support.

The speaker challenges the notion that immigrants come to the US for welfare benefits, highlighting the importance of work opportunities.

Addressing the Self-Reinforcing Policy Argument and its Validity

The speaker questions the idea of a self-reinforcing political cycle driven by immigration policies.

The speaker uses the example of abortion policies to illustrate that political parties don't always choose policies solely to increase their voter base.

The speaker uses the example of abortion policies to counter the argument that parties manipulate immigration policies to gain votes.

The speaker suggests alternative approaches to immigration policy, such as stricter paths to citizenship or work visas without voting rights.

The speaker criticizes the idea that immigration policy should be based on the party's ability to appeal to voters.

Economic and Social Impacts of Immigration

The speaker points out the vagueness of the statement 'immigration is too high' and the need for specific analysis.

The speaker discusses the economic benefits of immigration, such as GDP growth and fiscal benefits.

The speaker acknowledges potential negative impacts of immigration, such as increased housing costs and competition for jobs.

The speaker emphasizes that the overall impact of immigration is complex and depends on specific issues.

The speaker expresses skepticism about a statistic suggesting that over 50% of Americans support mass deportations.

Addressing Concerns about Immigration and Demographic Change

The speaker acknowledges that concerns about immigration might not be solely based on racism but also on paranoia and the presentation of reality.

The speaker uses an anecdote to illustrate the disconnect between perceived threats of illegal immigration and reality.

The speaker discusses a YouGov poll showing the public's fluctuating opinions on the economy based on political leadership.

The speaker comments on the public's detachment from reality regarding economic indicators.

The speaker addresses concerns about demographic change and the projected decline of white people as a majority.

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Ground News helps users compare headlines, source information, and political leanings to understand media bias.

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