Tuesday, October 22

Musk hints at backing GOP Sen. Tim Scott for president in 2024

Twitter CEO Elon Musk hinted whom he’ll help for president when he retweeted Sen. Tim Scott’s marketing campaign announcement.

The South Carolina Republican introduced his candidacy at an occasion Monday. His workplace tweeted out the video of the announcement with the caption “Let’s go!”

Mr. Musk retweeted the video to his thousands and thousands of followers quickly after.

Mr. Scott is coming into an already crowded Republican main area, with two fashionable candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence, nonetheless formally out of the race. Former President Donald Trump leads the pack by a large margin, however former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy are nonetheless combating for help.

Mr. Musk has grow to be more and more eager about presidential politics the previous few years. He mentioned final yr that he would need a president who’s extra of a centrist and confirmed in a follow-up tweet that he would help Mr. DeSantis for president. The Florida governor has not mentioned if he’s operating for the White House, however consultants predict an announcement is coming quickly.

Mr. Musk has detailed to his followers earlier than that he has grow to be extra inclined to help conservative candidates over liberals, regardless of beforehand voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. He says he has been upset by the Biden administration and, for the reason that 2020 election, has grow to be extra conservative in his public feedback.

Since his takeover of Twitter final yr, he has been vocally sympathetic to conservative causes and has been more and more communicative with fashionable influencers on the appropriate like Benny Johnson and Andy Ngo.

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