bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

sponsorType

authorLocations

authors

paywallTypes

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

publishedDate

additionalInfoBoxes

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

createdDate

sponsor

factSheets

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

copyrighted

customTimezone

liveContents

Reuters

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that while he voted for Democrats in the past, he will now vote for Republicans.
“In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican,” he tweeted.
“Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold,” said Musk, the world’s richest man, who has agreed to buy Twitter Inc.
The 50-year-old billionaire recently said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former US president Donald Trump, a Republican, when he buys the social media platform.

In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022

He also said Twitter is far-left-biased because it is headquartered in California, a state known for its progressive politics.
Musk has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration and Democrats for their proposals to tax billionaires and give more tax incentives to union-made electric vehicles.
Tesla does not have unions at its US factories.
Last year, Tesla, which counts California as its biggest market in the United States, moved its headquarters from California to the more politically conservative Texas.
Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Trump
Musk moved his personal residence from California to Texas, where there is no state income tax.
He has sold about US$25 billion worth of Tesla stock since last year to pay taxes and finance his proposed acquisition of Twitter.
Analysts said the sales helped him cash in on Tesla’s stock rally and diversify his wealth.


Trump takes aim at Canada, China and ‘left lunatics’ in Christmas wishes

What fate awaits undocumented Chinese migrants in the US under Donald Trump?

Trump blasts Biden for commuting nearly all US federal death sentences

Biden to decide fate of Nippon Steel’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ US$15 billion bid for US Steel

US Politics

Elon Musk says he ‘can no longer support’ Democrats, will vote Republican

Elon Musk speaks at the Washington Convention Centre in April. Photo: AFP

Twitter says it will enforce Musk merger agreement as billionaire’s comments cast doubt on his commitment to the deal

An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28. Photo: Reuters

Will Indonesia finally win Elon Musk’s help to realise its EV dreams?

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Elon Musk at the SpaceX launch site in Texas, United States. Photo: Handout

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Elon Musk at the SpaceX launch site in Texas. Photo: Handout

A worker handles nickel ore in a ferronickel smelter in Pomala district, Indonesia. File photo: Reuters

A Tesla car dealership store in Pennsylvania. File photo: AP 

Space enthusiasts look at a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft at the company’’s Texas launch facility in September 2019, in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. (Loren Elliott/Getty Images/TNS)

Which one is Elon Musk? World’s richest man wants to meet his Chinese lookalike ‘if he is real’

An Elon Musk lookalike has generated hundreds of thousands of followers because of his appearance. Photo: SCMP composite

Ma Yilong posted a video of himself drinking Coca-Cola after Musk joked that he wanted to buy the company. Photo: Weibo

News

World

United States & Canada


The Tesla CEO says the Democrats used to be ‘the kindness party’, but have become the ‘party of division and hate’
Musk has been a vocal critic of Joe Biden and Democrats for their proposals to tax billionaires, and has said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Trump



The Tesla CEO says the Democrats used to be ‘the kindness party’, but have become the ‘party of division and hate’.


Elon Musk says he ‘can no longer support’ Democrats, will vote Republican

The Tesla CEO says the Democrats used to be ‘the kindness party’, but have become the ‘party of division and hate’ Musk has been a vocal critic of Joe Biden and Democrats for their proposals to tax billionaires, and has said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Trump

The Tesla CEO says the Democrats used to be ‘the kindness party’, but have become the ‘party of division and hate’

Musk has been a vocal critic of Joe Biden and Democrats for their proposals to tax billionaires, and has said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on Trump