Republican senators, at least, are likely being threatened to get buried on X and politically ($) by the wirld's richest man if they stoo him. So that explains Musk's free pass.
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But if a major of them took a stand wouldn't it be nearly impossible to go after them all? One or two, I get the threat (cowardly as it may be), but a majority?
“You’ve only got six bullets in that gun and there’s fifty of us. You can’t shoot all of us!”
“Go ahead and charge at me. Who wants to be one of the six that die?”
(Nobody moves. The villain sneers.)
“I thought not.”
The significance, of course, is that these bullets only kill political careers. When R. senators bend the knee, they're not protecting their values or even their wealth. They're only protecting their seats at the table. What they prize above all else is getting their greasy mitts on the party favors
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“Go ahead and charge at me. Who wants to be one of the six that die?”
(Nobody moves. The villain sneers.)
“I thought not.”