Summary
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, praising Elon Musk as “the best person to bet on.”
Speaking on Jesse Watters Primetime, Lutnick defended Musk amid vandalism protests linked to Musk’s support for far-right politics and federal budget cuts.
He claimed Musk’s innovations, including robots and space technology, make Tesla stock undervalued.
Lutnick’s comments sparked criticism over potential legal and ethical conflicts, as government officials promoting individual stocks may violate ethics regulations.
@MicroWave Conservatives have repeatedly said that government should not be picking winners and losers. What changed?
When the loser is a conservative, then they’re supposed to be a winner. When the loser isn’t conservative, they’re not supposed to get a helping hand because they aren’t human.
The wind blew in a different direction.
It’s like the “there must be outgroups for the law to bind but not protect, and in-groups for the law to protect but not bind” thing.
Conservatism has always been about promoting the in-group. It’s not about rules or fairness or consistency. Just the in-group.
It’s a shitty world view.
Rules for thee, none for me… the unofficial official republican slogan.
What changed is that conservatives are in charge now, the old rules only applied when they don’t get to pick the winners and losers.