Terrifying Transparency! Senator Tells CNN's Dana Bash How Musk And X Users Upended Spending Bill

Posted • December 23, 2024: Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty is crediting Elon Musk and X for shining an unprecedented spotlight of transparency on the recent spending bill in Congress. The response on X was huge and had lawmakers rushing to eliminate unnecessary pork and whittle the bill down to a manageable size. Of course, this mobilized ‘journalists’ and their fellow Democrats. They attacked Musk for daring to share info with voters who then used that knowledge to hold elected officials accountable. Heaven forbid! Thankfully, Hagerty knows what really happened. Senator Bill Hagerty says we wouldn't have even known what was in the 1,500 page spending bill without X. “Thank God Elon Musk bought Twitter, that's the only way we would know what's in this bill. Elon Musk's transparency helped make this happen." Users on X were able to pick apart the bill and focus on what needed to be cut thanks to transparency. The whole episode also highlighted the corrupt process of creating and voting on bills. (…)

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