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Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is leaning toward voting for Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024, he mentioned on Twitter Wednesday.
DeSantis, who has not officially thrown his hat in the ring for the race, is an ally of former President Donald Trump and is taken into account to be a probable frontrunner within the get together ought to he run.
Musk’s disclosure got here as a response to a different Twitter account referred to as Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, which says in its bio it follows infamous Tesla homeowners within the space. The dialog started after Musk replied to a tweet from news outlet The Texan declaring Republican Mayra Flores’ victory in a particular election for Texas’ thirty fourth congressional district, flipping a seat lengthy held by Democrats.
“I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican,” Musk tweeted in a response to the news outlet’s submit. Musk confirmed in late 2020 he had moved to Texas, the place he later moved Tesla’s headquarters from California after complaining in regards to the strict regulatory surroundings. “Massive red wave in 2022.”
The Tesla Owners Silicon Valley account requested Musk if he would vote Republican for president as nicely, to which Musk replied, “tbd.” The account then requested what path he is leaning toward, to which Musk responded with one phrase: “DeSantis.”
Another account with the title Spidey_ElonFan responded to Musk asking, “But your political donations will be evenly spread out, as you do always. Right??”
“I’m thinking of creating a ‘Super Moderate Super PAC’ that supports candidates with centrist views from all parties,” Musk replied.
Last month, Musk mentioned he would vote for Republicans in upcoming elections although he mentioned he is voted for Democrats previously, together with former President Barack Obama.
Musk mentioned he has voted for Democrats “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.”
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