Elon Musk Roasted After Childish Trolling Of Bernie Sanders Over Taxation

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November 15, 2021, 7:12 am

Elon Musk just can’t seem to resist an opportunity to stir up drama on Twitter.

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On Sunday, the Tesla CEO took issue with a tweet from senator Bernie Sanders, continuing to champion the idea that “the extremely wealthy pay their fair share” when it comes to taxes.

Musk, who is reportedly worth over $270 billion, disagrees, and decided to make that known by acting like a 12-year-old in response.

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“I keep forgetting you’re still alive,” he replied.

We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 13, 2021

Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word …

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 2021

Musk’s fanboys were quick to claim their hero was in the right and should not only never have to pay more in taxes, but also totally owned Bernie with a sick burn.

However, others were far more critical of the billionaire’s response, as well as his attitude.

Funny. Because I’ll never forget that you’d be worth ZERO without billions in corporate welfare while paying ZERO in federal income tax in 2018 & becoming $260 billion richer during the pandemic. Yes. Elon l-o-v-e-s corporate socialism for himself, rugged capitalism for the rest. https://t.co/KW5NdSIBdS

— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) November 14, 2021

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This is so creepy and cruel to say. Why won’t you just try to help the country with all those profits and pay your taxes like the rest of us. ?or just stay in space.

— rosanna arquette (@RoArquette) November 14, 2021

-Use family’s emerald mine money
– start PayPal
– sell PayPal
– use PayPal money to buy Tesla, falsely claim to have founded it
-take government bailout to not go bankrupt
– avoid taxes by using Tesla stock as collateral for loans that will never get paid back
– be a billionaire

— House of vaxed large birds (@HouseOfVaccines) November 14, 2021

that’s how he got all the money and success you could dream of in the first place

— Chai Dingari (@chaidingari) November 14, 2021

Elon, you have enough money to make every single person that works for you a millionaire and yet you just continue to be an asshole. https://t.co/e7Xr8TN9JI

— Valerie Bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) November 14, 2021

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It’s pretty cowardly to go this route instead of engaging him directly in good faith on the merits of the topic. Probably because you know he’s right, and you don’t have much of an argument to make other than you simply don’t want to pay your fair share.

— Charlotte Clymer (@cmclymer) November 14, 2021

Big talk for a Union busting billionaire who has had his company built by government contracts and loan. How many emeralds from daddy’s mine are in your pocket?

— Edgar Rice to the 5 Boroughs (@bvot) November 14, 2021

i keep forgetting that even after becoming a billionaire it’s possible to have the posting aesthetic of a 22 year old incel with crumbs in his beard

— eve 6000 fan account (@Eve6) November 14, 2021

And his tweet soon got the meme treatment.

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Surely many people have tried by now to explain to Musk that simply not tweeting is always an option, but the little boy desperate for attention always seems to win out.

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*First Published: November 15, 2021, 7:12 am