Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, called on “independent-minded” voters to support Republicans the day before the midterm elections.
As an example of why partisan strife in Washington would be preferable to unchecked Democrat domination, Musk pointed to Vice President Joe Biden’s executive branch leadership for the Democrats.
To his roughly 115 million followers, the new owner of Twitter, the wealthiest guy on earth, said, “Shared power mitigates the worst excesses on both sides.” I think a Republican Congress should be elected because the President is a Democrat.
Musk has said he voted early for Republican Mayra Flores, who won a strange House of Representatives race in southern Texas by defeating Democratic candidate Dan Sanchez.
Musk said that voting Republican was a first for him and that he did it for Maya Flores. Large red tide expected in 2022.
Musk said “DeSantis” when asked who he planned to vote for in the 2024 presidential race.
In addition, Musk has said, “I have typically voted disproportionately for Democrats.” Never in my life can I remember casting a ballot for a Republican. On the other hand, I intend to cast a ballot in this election.
When government lockdowns were widespread, Musk began what seems to be a political awakening two years ago. The reopening of a critical Tesla facility in California was repeatedly delayed, and the company’s founder became so frustrated that he ultimately chose to relocate Tesla’s headquarters to Texas. To his fellow citizens, he suggested they “take the red pill,” and he lamented that the left was “losing the center.”
These points have been raised by prominent Democrats in the press and the legislature. The Democratic Party is radical, and out of touch with the issues that motivate people, a centrist left-leaning research organization called Third Way said on Monday. Republicans continue to enjoy double-digit leads over their opponents on matters related to the economy and immigration, with over 56% of voters believing that Democrats “are not focused enough on the economy,” compared to only 36% who believe the opposite.
According to a document distributed by the group, “The results suggest that Democrats are underperforming on topics that people regard as key priorities, such as the economy, immigration, and crime.” Voters wonder if the party believes in things like patriotism and the value of hard work because of the party’s apparent ideological distance from them.
If you want to know how dissatisfied with the Democratic Party leadership Musk is, ask him how he feels about Vice President Joe Biden’s policy program. White House officials have been vocal in supporting Ford and GM as they work to increase their offerings of electric vehicles. Still, they have mostly ignored Tesla, the leading electric car maker. Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said a year ago that Tesla’s absence from an electric car conference at which the other two firms participated could have been related to its lack of unionization.
Musk was a vocal critic of the President’s domestic agenda document, the Build Back Better Act.
“I intend to either have this bill nullified or not pass it”. This was his argument at a Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit. We couldn’t care less if this plan works or not. If this bill doesn’t pass, it will be for the best.
Musk hopes that Twitter’s fact-checking criteria can be administered fairly and reasonably, and he is advocating for “shared power” to make this happen. For fear that “social media will splinter into extreme right-wing and extreme left-wing echo chambers that generate more hatred and divide our society,” he told advertisers that he bought the social media company to build “a common digital town square” where people of different ideologies could debate issues without resorting to violence.