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Showing Original Post only (View all)Musk Says He'd Back DeSantis for President If He Makes 2024 Run [View all]
Source: Bloomberg
Elon Musk said Friday night that he would support Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, if he ran for president in 2024.
Musk, in a series of Twitter exchanges, elaborated somewhat on his political views, saying, My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.
He called himself a significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-26/musk-says-he-d-back-desantis-for-president-if-he-makes-2024-run?leadSource=uverify%20wall
Trump made himself even more Radioactive today by meeting a guy who said the Jews should leave the United States, along with fellow anti-semite Kanye West.
That said, Desantis is a very dangerous right-wing nut so Elon Musk doesn't get any brownie points for this.
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What is the difference now between trump's truth socal, and musk's Twitter? They both allow the
JohnSJ
Nov 2022
#1
One has millions of liberal/progressive users who lack courage of their convictions, and the
Kashkakat v.2.0
Nov 2022
#47
Yeah, now tell us something we don't know, Mr. Musky. Don't discount Don, dummy.
czarjak
Nov 2022
#4
Musk ALSO said that he would back Adolf Hitler for DICTATOR of AMERIKKKA....
DemocraticPatriot
Nov 2022
#8
Makes no sense politically. If this is an indication of his thought processes, he's confused at best
Joinfortmill
Nov 2022
#24
Whatta major dork! If he wanted to influence a lot of folks to 'vote' his way, he could have...
machoneman
Nov 2022
#26
Dude, this is not the way to get that flock to fleece, unless you think Desantis flock
republianmushroom
Nov 2022
#39
So.. if twitter survives till then.. will it count as an in kind contribution?
quakerboy
Nov 2022
#45
(reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump. My BS meter is going off hardcore right now.
AZLD4Candidate
Nov 2022
#48