WHY IS CNBC DEFENDING GEORGE SOROS?

CNBC asks Musk: Why criticize George Soros rather than make money?

Er … why not? It’s possible to do both, at least if one doesn’t treat a massive political player as somehow sacrosanct and above criticism. On Monday, Elon Musk took a potshot at George Soros, which prompted an exchange with Brian Krassenstein over Soros’ impact on society:

Soros reminds me of Magneto

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2023

You assume they are good intentions. They are not. He wants to erode the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2023

I’ll skip the X-Men analogies, along with their tedious ‘universe’.  Musk followed up on his quip with a slightly longer-form criticism of Soros, this time without comic-book comparisons:

Perfectly said. Among other things, Soros astutely identified a massive arbitrage opportunity in district attorney elections, where a relatively small amount of money has outsized influence.

Soros’s instructions to his pet prosecutors were (essentially) to minimize prosecuting…

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2023

As Tom Cotton wrote in 2021: Recall, Remove and Replace Every Last Soros Prosecutor.

Perfectly said. Among other things, Soros astutely identified a massive arbitrage opportunity in district attorney elections, where a relatively small amount of money has outsized influence.

Soros’s instructions to his pet prosecutors were (essentially) to minimize prosecuting…

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2023

h/t Ed Driscoll