'Potheads all over this country': Trump supporter flees CNN interview when asked about Musk
04 March
Trump supporter
A supporter of President Donald Trump walked out of an interview with CNN when he was pressed about Elon Musk in a segment that aired Tuesday. CNN’s Elle Reeve was visiting a pro-Trump Georgia county to ask residents about their satisfaction with the president. She sat down with three men at a restaurant to discuss.
“Do you trust Elon Musk?” Reeve asked. “He’s a government contractor, he’s got business interests, whether in defense, internet, that kind of thing. He’s also admitted to drug use, smoked pot on Joe Rogan’s show. Do you trust him as a stable, rational, and reasonable person to be doing this job?”
“Yes,” said Trump voter David Herrin.
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Musk smoked cannabis on Joe Rogan's podcast in 2018.
“There’s potheads all over this country,” he continued. “Y’all sitting here trying to bash one man for what 99 percent of this country, Republican or Democrat [does]. This whole dadgum town smokes pot.”
He turned to Reeve. “You’re part of the Democratic party in my book,” he said.
“No, I’m not,” Reeve responded.
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“The conversation devolved quickly,” Reeve said in a voiceover. “We had not anticipated the emotional connection we already felt with Musk.”
Herrin stood up from the table.
“This is over with,” he said.
Reeve asked if he wanted to see the video of Musk smoking cannabis.
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“I don’t care. I’m saying it don’t matter that that makes him unqualified to do a job,” he said.
“She’s coming in here with ignorant arguments,” he continued. “I can prove you’re a Democrat by the level of ignorance that you portray.”
“Donald Trump and Elon Musk please drain the swamp. Why are you there? Get the job done. Please,” he said before he walked out the door.
“They’ll probably go down the drain with it,” another person who had been sitting at the table said.
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