Elon Musk stated Wednesday that he won’t vote for President Joe Biden within the 2024 election, even when former president Donald Trump is the Republican nominee.
“I might not vote for Biden,” Musk stated throughout a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin on the DealBook Summit in New York. “I’m not saying I’d vote for Trump.”
When requested what he’d do if these had been the 2 nominees, Musk stated, “This is certainly a troublesome selection right here.”
Musk, who says he supported Barack Obama’s candidacy, has moved rightward in his politics in recent times, writing in a tweet final 12 months that “immediately’s Democratic Party has been hijacked by extremists.”
While he hasn’t endorsed a selected candidate for the 2024 election, Musk stated final 12 months that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was his most well-liked selection on the time. He additionally hosted DeSantis’s marketing campaign launch on X, previously Twitter. More just lately, Musk has stated that Vivek Ramaswamy is “trying like a robust candidate.”
Musk advised Sorkin on Wednesday that he disagrees with Ramaswamy on local weather points, however he shares among the candidate’s views on authorities overreach and censorship. DeSantis’s title didn’t come up within the interview.
When requested if he might assist Nikki Haley among the many Republicans, Musk stated no and described the previous South Carolina governor as a “pro-censorship candidate.”
In phrases of which occasion is extra favorable in the direction of freedom of speech, Musk stated that “on steadiness, the Democrats look like extra pro-censorship than Republicans,” which he characterised as a change from the previous.
“We definitely get extra complaints from the left than the correct,” Musk stated.