Former Vice President Kamala Harris has just admitted what conservatives have known for years — Joe Biden’s presidency was never about progress or innovation, but about protecting Democrat donors and union bosses. Her rare public criticism of Biden over his 2021 decision to exclude Elon Musk from a White House electric vehicle event is a stunning confession that exposes the corruption, arrogance, and anti-American priorities of the left.
Speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., Harris said it was a “big mistake” not to invite Musk, the man who revolutionized the electric vehicle industry and helped put America back on top of the global innovation map.
“I thought it was a big mistake to not invite Elon Musk when we did a big EV event,” Harris said. “Here he is, the major American manufacturer of extraordinary innovation in this space.”
Her statement, while long overdue, is a complete vindication for conservatives who have repeatedly warned that Biden’s administration operates on political favoritism, not merit. When the White House held its EV summit in 2021, executives from General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis were invited — but not Musk. The reason? Tesla wasn’t unionized.
That’s right — the Biden administration deliberately excluded the most successful American EV manufacturer because Elon Musk refused to bow down to Big Labor. Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki tried to spin it by saying the event was limited to “the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers,” a clear admission that political loyalty, not innovation, determined who got a seat at the table.
When asked if Tesla’s exclusion was punishment for being non-union, Psaki smugly said, “I’ll let you draw your own conclusion.” Millions of Americans did — and they concluded that Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda was nothing more than a political slush fund for Democrat allies.
Musk, who sold more electric cars than Ford, GM, and Chrysler combined, tweeted, “Yeah, seems odd that Tesla wasn’t invited.” The post went viral, and Americans saw right through the charade — Biden was rewarding his union cronies while punishing the most innovative entrepreneur of our time.
Kamala Harris’s recent comments confirm what conservatives like President Donald J. Trump had been saying: the left doesn’t care about progress unless they can control it.
“So, I thought that was a mistake,” Harris added. “I don’t know Elon Musk, but I have to assume that that was something that hit him hard and had an impact on his perspective.”
It did more than that — it changed the course of American politics. Musk, once politically independent, began to see through the hypocrisy of the left and eventually became one of President Trump’s strongest backers. By 2024, Musk had contributed nearly $300 million to Republican-aligned groups through
According to sources close to Musk, his decision to back Trump wasn’t about politics — it was about protecting innovation, freedom, and meritocracy from the grip of bureaucrats and union puppets.
Biden, meanwhile, poured salt in the wound by crediting GM’s Mary Barra with having “electrified the entire automobile industry.” The claim was laughable — Tesla had already dominated the EV market for years. That single statement reportedly “infuriated” Musk, and rightly so.
Even when Biden’s team tried to patch things up by arranging private calls with Musk, it was too late. The damage was done, and the message was clear: if you don’t play by the left’s rules, you get punished.
The Tesla snub became a defining symbol of everything wrong with the Biden administration — a regime obsessed with identity politics, union loyalty, and virtue signaling rather than achievement and results.
Harris’s admission, whether intentional or not, is a damning indictment of the very administration she helped lead. She’s now promoting her memoir, 107 Days, where she calls Biden’s re-election campaign “reckless” and criticizes his misplaced priorities. It’s clear that even Democrats are jumping ship as the Biden legacy continues to sink.
“When we made the decision as an administration to put the infrastructure bill and the CHIPS Act first, I actually think that was a mistake,” Harris confessed during the event.
The former vice president’s sudden honesty reveals a fractured Democratic Party, divided between those trying to salvage their reputations and those doubling down on failed policies.
Conservatives, however, see this as proof that President Trump’s America First vision was right all along. “President Trump has always prioritized results over politics,” said a senior White House official. “Unlike Biden, he celebrates those who actually innovate, create jobs, and make America strong again.”
Harris’s comments also highlight a growing realization among former Democrats that the left’s obsession with “wokeness” and union loyalty has driven away some of the country’s brightest minds. Elon Musk himself warned in 2023 that the “woke mind virus” was destroying innovation and free thought.
And now, even Kamala Harris seems to agree — though she’ll never admit it outright.
Her admission that Biden’s policies alienated Musk — and helped push him into Trump’s camp — shows how badly the Democrats miscalculated. What they saw as a political victory for unions became a rallying cry for conservatives.
Musk’s support for Trump’s reelection was not just financial — it was symbolic of the growing coalition of innovators, small business owners, and independent thinkers who are rejecting the left’s suffocating control.
Trump himself praised Musk earlier this year, saying, “Elon is a true American innovator. He builds things. He creates jobs. He represents the future that the radical left wants to destroy.”
Senator Ted Cruz launched a blistering attack against Democratic leadership, blaming them squarely for a government shutdown that has lingered into its 29th day.
According to Cruz, the shutdown is not about genuine policy negotiation but about protecting Chuck Schumer and appeasing the radical left‑wing of his party.
Cruz argued that Democrats, under Schumer’s guidance, intentionally allowed the funding for the federal government to lapse.
He said their demands—among them taxpayer‑funded healthcare for undocumented immigrants and the reversal of work requirements for able‑bodied adults—are so extreme they have effectively triggered this standoff.
In Cruz’s view, this is not a simple budget dispute but a political maneuver. “This is all about political saving Chuck Schumer’s rear end,” Cruz declared, accusing Schumer of throwing American taxpayers under the bus in order to placate his party’s base.
He said: “We’re on day 29 of the stupidest shutdown. This is the SCHUMER Shutdown.”
Cruz’s words reflect deep frustration over the failure of the Senate to approve even a clean funding measure, even though the House passed one.
He painted the situation starkly: “The reason the government is shut down is that Chuck Schumer has a political problem. And he has a political problem from right where you’re sitting right now, from New York.” Cruz went on to assert that progressives in the Democratic Party almost removed Schumer from his leadership post after an earlier decision to allow funding to continue—yet now Schumer is playing to that same base by refusing to open the government.
Cruz accused Democrats of hypocrisy, pointing out that when shutdowns happened under Democratic leadership in the past, they condemned the tactic. Now, he says, they are using it as a weapon for pure politics rather than public service.
He warned that at some point “seven or eight Democrats are going to have some sense come into them.” According to Cruz, it’s likely that these will be retiring Democrats—those no longer worried about a primary challenge—who are free to break ranks because they don’t face the same pressure from the radical left‑wing base. In his telling, those in danger of primaries must pander to extreme positions, thus forcing the shutdown.
Cruz emphasized that while the shutdown continues, essential services are still functioning, but many federal workers are going without pay. The underlying damage, he said, goes beyond the immediate. He argued the shutdown erodes public trust in government, hurts working families and veterans, and punishes taxpayers who did nothing to create the mess.
He urged Americans to see the shutdown for what it is: not a noble policy stand, but a power move. “We’re NOT watching public policy, or elected officials who give a D‑MN about the people they represent!” Cruz exclaimed, shifting into a more emotional tone to emphasize his point that ordinary citizens are suffering while political games play out.
Cruz pointed specifically to the issue of illegal immigration and healthcare. He argued that Democrats’ refusal to reopen the government without addressing their demands for undocumented immigrants is proof that this is about something other than funding normal government operations.
“Their demands include taxpayer‑funded healthcare for illegal aliens and a reversal of the Republican reforms blocking handouts to able‑bodied adults who refuse to work.”
He also suggested the Democrats are exploiting the shutdown to demonstrate to their base that they are willing to “stand up” against Donald Trump and Republicans—even if that means harming the country in the process.
“They almost threw [Schumer] out of the job as minority leader… This shutdown exists for one purpose, and it’s for him to tell the crazy left‑wing base… I hate Donald Trump as much as you do,” he said.
Cruz urged Republicans and the American public to hold their ground: not to allow the Democrats to continue using the shutdown as leverage.
He called for clean funding measures—free from what he described as extraneous partisan policy riders—to be approved immediately.
According to him, the first priority should be reopening the government, then negotiating policy reforms rather than forcing them through the appropriation process.
He stressed that constituents should issue pressure: “If your senator tells you this is just about principles and policy, ask them whose principles and whose policy.”
Cruz asserted that the agenda being pushed is not aligned with the values of most Americans or taxpayers, but rather with a specific faction within the left‑wing of the Democratic Party.
Cruz also addressed the optics: he said the public looks at this and sees dysfunction. He warned that the longer the shutdown drags on, the greater the risk of long‑term damage—not only to federal operations but to faith in governance itself.
“You do not build trust in government by shutting it down. You build it by opening it, doing work, and delivering for the people,” he said.