Former Bill Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich now spends plenty of time slamming billionaires and ironically making a very decent living by teaching all about income inequality.
The billionaire Reich had in his sights this week was Tesla’s Elon Musk:
Tesla forced all workers to take a 10 percent pay cut from mid-April until July. In the same period, Tesla stock skyrocketed and CEO Elon Musk’s net worth quadrupled from $25 billion to over $100 billion.
Musk is a modern-day robber baron.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 8, 2020
Musk fired back the mother of all reality checks:
All Tesla workers also get stock, so their compensation increased proportionately. You are a modern day moron.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 9, 2020
Ouch!
"Hello? 911? I need to report a murder. No, I don't think the body can be identified, the burn marks are too severe" https://t.co/HqYaYk9iID pic.twitter.com/y5Kc6cgkLe
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) September 10, 2020
If Reich knows the “proper” way to run a company maybe he could find someone willing to put him in charge of one (but it would probably be a neverending search).
Hard not to cheer for Elon Musk. He’s frisky and actually wants to build stuff. https://t.co/3rV0Rg0ZO3
— Max Nordau (@MaxNordau) September 10, 2020
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This is social media Hall of Fame material here.
Honestly, this might be the greatest smackdown ever posted to a social media site.
Bravo to @elonmusk for unapologetically taking @RBReich’s manhood in the public square for all to see.
(Expletive Deleted) inspirational.
?? https://t.co/0Czb92ZsNT— ?? The Stylist Set Me Up ?? (@FollywoodBen) September 10, 2020
Elon musk just dragged @RBReich so hard I think he should be brought up on Murder charges. @elonmusk is an absolute fearless savage. https://t.co/QQsk03mRRE
— Jared (@funylibertarian) September 9, 2020
Details matter, @RBReich. Not the narrative. https://t.co/jaqc3KMU1D
— YuriyM (@yuriym) September 10, 2020
The narrative certainly is all that matters to Dems like Reich.