Elon Musk criticized proposed border security legislation as “diabolical” and deserving to fail, disputing claims of tough reforms and accusing legacy TV news viewers of living in a fake reality.
The bill aimed to address border issues with measures like expulsions, asylum changes, work permits, and increased funding.
Despite the administration’s support, Republicans opposed the bill, viewing it as ineffective in curbing illegal immigration.
People who get their news from legacy TV live in a fake alternate reality.
Those so-called “toughest reforms” would have made invasion-level migration permanent.
That diabolical “Border Bill” deserved to die and shame on those who supported it. https://t.co/Ow2kCeAJJF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 1, 2024
The border deal consisted of some of the “toughest reforms in decades” but “Trump pressured Republicans to kill that bill to deny President Biden a political win,” an ABC News reporter wrote.
Musk aligned with this view, emphasizing the bill’s negative impact on migration levels.
“People who get their news from legacy TV live in a fake alternate reality. Those so-called ‘toughest reforms’ would have made invasion-level migration permanent. That diabolical ‘Border Bill’ deserved to die and shame on those who supported it,” Musk wrote on X.
President Biden, “was able to move the ball forward in the Senate to get a bipartisan negotiation on the border security deal. That was rejected, obviously, by Republicans because of the last president and President Trump, to be exact,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated.
