Musk has previously said that he supports the Republicans, but that he is ready to support moderate candidates from both parties.
The billionaire who bought Twitter Elon Musk has recommended his followers to vote for the Republican Party candidate in Tuesday’s midterm elections. This is the first time that the owner of the social media platform has endorsed a particular political party in the United States.
Musk tweeted to his 114 million followers that power sharing curbs the excesses of both parties.
– To independent voters: Since the president is a Democrat, I recommend voting Republican, he wrote.
Opinion polls predict the president Joe Biden a defeat for the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives and a tough fight in the Senate.
“The hard core of Democratic and Republican supporters never vote for the other side, so independent voters are the ones who decide who runs the country,” Musk wrote.
Back in April, Musk said that Twitter should be politically neutral to earn the public’s trust. However, he himself repeatedly commented on American politics.
Musk has said that he supports the Republicans, but that he is ready to support moderate candidates from both parties. He has also hinted that he intends to overthrow the former president Donald Trump’s A Twitter ban, but not before tomorrow’s midterm elections.
Trump was banned from Twitter because he was seen as inciting his supporters to violently attack Congress in the 2021 epiphany.
Elon Musk has said that he is inclined to support the Republican governor of Florida in the 2024 presidential election Ron DeSantisia rather than former President Donald Trump. He thinks Trump is too old to be president again.
Musk is known for his absolute stance on freedom of speech. It has highlighted fears that fake news and hate speech are starting to spread on Twitter.
Elon Musk has become known, among other things, as the CEO of Tesla and the founder of SpaceX. He finalized the purchase of Twitter last week and laid off about half of the company’s employees.
Sources: Reuters, AFP