Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud criticized Elon Musk and other billionaires in social media posts Sunday after the passage of a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown.
Musk and President-elect Donald Trump led the conservative rebellion against the initial plan to avoid a partial shutdown, a bipartisan agreement that emerged from negotiations between the top two Democrats and Republicans in both chambers of Congress.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks with now President-elect Trump during a campaign event at the Butler Farm Showgrounds, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty Images)
That bill, 1,547 pages long, would have extended current government funding levels through March 14. However, GOP hardliners were angered by what they saw as unrelated measures attached to the bill, such as a pay raise for congressional lawmakers, provisions on health care policy and legislation aimed at the revitalization of RFK Stadium in Washington, DC
It was scrapped when Trump and Musk threatened to force out of office any legislator who did not support combining a CR with action on the debt limit.
It caused huge controversy in the political arena hours before the House finally passed the bill.
Cloud intervened days later.
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Natasha Cloud, Phoenix Mercury guard (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports/File)
“So when did they leave and tell Elon to go back to Africa?” Cloud wrote in X.
“I’m so glad ALL of these billionaires have no idea how the three branches of government work… or how a bill becomes law. Shout out to the 38 Republicans who rejected the bill in the House while they were threatened and blackmailed.
All Democrats voted in favor of the bill, except Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who voted “present.”
Cloud has spoken openly about the United States in the past. After Trump won the election, he attacked women who voted for the Republican candidate.
“The privilege of celebrating it is exactly what happens to us as people,” he added. “I am really concerned about my fundamental human rights.
Natasha Cloud, Phoenix Mercury guard (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/File)
“Racism, misogyny and hatred of women are so deeply rooted in everything that is America. Until we fix the roots… it will never grow.”
