Elon Musk is not your friend.

[Triloon]

https://share.newsbreak.com/1aedyqvg


"In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party,” he said in a tweet. “But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.”

Perhaps this isn't news, but this little article rounds up several gems of his political wisdom. Like, supporting DeSantis for prez.

[JohnSJ]

1. I will never buy one of that pigs overpriced electric cars

[Triloon]

6. Nope. Never Tesla.

[Cha]

2. Hell NO.. he's a monster and an

Enemy to Democracy.

💙💛

[Blue Owl]

3. Fuck that lying sack of shit

Get bent, muskrat

[sprinkleeninow]

11. You have a way with....

Haven't heard that imperative in DECADES.

[Walleye]

4. He is dumb. People who buy electric cars are not Republicans

I think he’s lying anyway, I don’t think he ever voted before. All these people who say I used to be a democrat, 90% of them are lying

[CrackityJones75]

26. I actually think this is why he is doing this.

I think he wants to appeal to republicans to sell more cars.

[Walleye]

32. Still dumb. Maybe he picks up a few Republicans, he'll lose a lot of others

His cars are gonna turn out to be not so good. Businesses that torpedo unions never have a quality product

[CrackityJones75]

34. Oh agreed.

I am no fan of Elon Musk.I think his narcissism is eventually going to get the best of him.

[In It to Win It]

5. I'm sorry he feels that way

[Hassler]

7. The more he talks the more he reminds me of Chump. Even down to the

Two syllable first name, one syllable last name. He's another grifter.

[CentralMass]

23. He seems to be another narcissist. If you don't praise him he turns on you.

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

29. Nailed it

Let’s not forget this little chestnut, back in the old days of 2018

https://time.com/5339219/elon-musk-diver-thai-soccer-team-pedo

“…He also said that Musk was asked to leave the cave, saying that he shouldn’t have been there.

Musk fired back on Twitter over the weekend, taking his reply a step too far in calling Unsworth a pedophile, causing many on the social media platform to ask Musk to delete the tweet, which he later did.”

[Walleye]

33. My impression is that he's every bit as big of a liar

[RockRaven]

8. Even politics aside (if that were possible) he's not your friend. There is loads of information

out there about his shady lying conman ways.

[Thrill]

17. The main person working to have your job replaced by robots

No he’s not your friend

[Drum]

21. As a sometime limo driver I concur!

[walkingman]

9. I think Musk got his feelings hurt when Biden failed to mention

Tesla when he was touting EV vehicles at GM and Ford. This probably has to do with his anti-union stance at Tesla. He also does not like that Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are proposing to raise taxes on billionaires.

It's is ironic since in Texas he is not allowed to sell cars directly from automakers. And there is nothing friendly towards the EV industry in the Oil and Gas Capital of America.

IMO, just another greedy billionaire.

[Initech]

10. He's a furry cat and an island fortress away from being a full blown James Bond villain.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Elon Musk is an asshole

[NCLefty]

13. And Twitter isn't helping the situation.

[UTUSN]

14. kr

[Sympthsical]

15. He's trolling people

Because he gets a kick out of it. He's been doing it for ages.

It's always weird to me that people still haven't realized that.

Right now, the Left doesn't like him much. His response? Troll the ever-loving shit out of us.

And given how much attention his every utterance receives as the expected waves of outrage break over Twitter . . .

He's pretty good at it.

[Hav]

22. He isn't trolling, he's butthurt

because he didn't get enough attention for what he considers his accomplishments from people in power.
We'll see in the future whether he backs up what he says by voting and campaigning for repubs. If he changes his stance to "Just kidding, of course I'll vote for the Democrat", then sure, it was trolling.

[Sympthsical]

24. It can be two things

[BSdetect]

25. I doubt Musk would vote for repugnants. Trolling is fun for him

Obviously it works.

Some comments here are farcical.

He ain't like trump.

For example. Actual billionaire, successful businesses, never bankrupt etc

[OneGrassRoot]

30. I agree he trolls but he said he just voted for a Republican...

but in the same way MAGAs troll who hate and want to "own the libs."

He said he voted for Flores (QAnon candidate). WaPo, Forbes, WSJ all wrote about it.

"I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican. Massive red wave in 2022," Musk tweeted.

https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-says-voted-gop-first-time-predicts-midterm-red-wave-2022-6

[BSdetect]

35. The best wayto exploit repugnants is to flatter them.

Musk is up against really stupid idiots in TX where he needs their help.

They are the worst people to deal with regarding energy change.

[OneGrassRoot]

36. Why did he move there?

I think you give him too much credit as far as his personal ideals and worldview. He may not genuinely like Flores-type candidates but he has enough power to influence in ways that don't put the craziest of crazies in office. He does some good things (Ukraine) but I think he holds too many selfish libertarian views which are generally destructive. Nah, I think he's more on board with the Red Wave than you seem to. Difference of opinion.

[BSdetect]

38. What Tesla is up against re repugnants fighting green energy

This is scary stuff.

[CentralMass]

39. Although suprizingl Texas has a substantial amount of solar and wind power online.

Texas is in the middle of the pack at 21 in ranking of states with the most alternative energy


https://smartasset.com/data-studies/states-leading-the-charge-on-renewable-energy-2022

[CrackityJones75]

27. Weird way to defend his actions....

But ok.

[Sympthsical]

43. Now now

[Sympthsical]

42. Who's defending?

Noting obvious things is obvious.

[CentralMass]

37. He is an asshole.

[Thrill]

16. He's a clown. How can you be Mr. Climate Change

And vote for the Climate Change Deniers?

[beaglelover]

18. Let's see if Tesla sales go down next quarter.

After all the majority of his customers are liberals, right?

[CrackityJones75]

28. I think he is trying to reach conservative customers.

[CentralMass]

19. Demographics of Tesla owners.

https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2018/11/tesla-owner-demographics/

The few that I am acquainted with don't strike me as being liberal.

[Drum]

20. Your OP title could definitely be a DU Group name

[OneGrassRoot]

31. BTW, where's Hoyt?

Hope he's okay. His last post was May 23rd and he tends to be a reliable responder to Musk-related threads (defending Musk).

[tenderfoot]

41. He's been shown the door...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=163448

[OneGrassRoot]

44. Wow. Ok, thx. n/t