|
"To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party
and the right half of the Democratic Party!" the billionaire
wrote on Twitter on the day he was due to attend a fundraiser
for top U.S. House of Representatives Republican Kevin McCarthy,
according to the New York Times.
That fundraiser was to be held in Wyoming, where Republican U.S.
Representative Liz Cheney faced a primary challenger from within
her own party who former President Donald Trump backed because
Cheney supported impeaching him after his supporters stormed the
Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Cheney was stripped of her House Republican leadership roles
after criticizing Trump.
Musk in a May tweet said that he had voted for Democrats in the
past but that his future votes would be for Republicans.
Musk frequently comments on politics, saying earlier this summer
that he was leaning towards supporting Florida's Republican
Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024 and that Trump was
too old to serve as president again.
In June, President Joe Biden compared Tesla unfavorably to Ford
Motor Co, while sarcastically wishing Musk "lots of luck" on his
"trip to the moon" after the billionaire expressed reservations
about the economy.
Musk has frequently fired off harsh tweets directed at the
president and has been critical of Biden's union-first,
subsidy-heavy approach to building the electric vehicle market.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Scott
Malone and Stephen Coates)
[© 2022 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.
|
|
