The billionaire openly criticized the Democratic Party, predicting attacks from the left over his decision.
QUICK FACTS:
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he would vote Republican for the first time while speaking via video link at a tech summit in Miami, Florida, according to Newsweek.
- “I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically. Like I’m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear,” Musk said. “Now this election I will.”
- Musk is a registered independent voter who describes himself as a moderate but has recently become the brunt of attacks by the left due to his proposed takeover of Twitter Inc.
MUSK’S COMMENTS ON TWITTER & FREE SPEECH:
- The tech CEO assured listeners that if his purchase of Twitter is successful, it won’t be the “right-wing takeover” the media seems to fear, saying instead it will be a “moderate wing takeover.”
- Musk also talked about his admiration of freedom of speech: “I get trashed by the media all the time. That’s fine. I don’t care, good. Do it twice as much, I couldn’t care less.
- “But it’s indicative of the fact that, even though I have a lot of resources, I do not actually have the ability to stop the media from trashing me,” Musk added. “And that’s a good thing.”
BACKGROUND:
- Conservatives have assured the richest man in the world that his beliefs on the first amendment make him closer to a conservative than he might have previously believed.
- The pro-life group LifeNews responded to Musk’s announcement that attacks on him are ramping up, saying that Supreme Court justices are suffering the same fate at the hands of the radical left.
