As previously noted by RTM, “DeSantis is the man.” On Tuesday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who is also one of the most influential people in the world, provided Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with an unsolicited endorsement to run for president in 2024. When asked about the endorsement today at a press conference, DeSantis replied with wit:
“So what I would say [about Elon’s endorsement is] that I’m focused on 2022, but with Elon Musk what I would say is I welcome support from African Americans. What can I say?”
TheBurgVotes.com noted that DeSantis did not fare well among Black voters in the 2020 election — garnering only about 10% of the demographic to Gillum’s 90%.
In many regions of the country, Trump did not do much better in the 2016 campaign, which is cause for concern if DeSantis wants to do well on a national level.
Musk has long-standing ties to the Democratic Party, but notes there has been a falling out, particularly since his push for free speech and relentless attacks from media and government officials.
The Daily Wire reported that Musk has thrown his support to the Republican Party “because of how Democrats have treated him.”
Musk tweeted:
“I support free speech, but not any one candidate,” Musk wrote on Twitter. “In fact, I gave money to & voted for Hillary & then voted for Biden. However, given unprovoked attacks by leading Democrats against me & a very cold shoulder to Tesla & SpaceX, I intend to vote Republican in November.”
Testing the political waters, Musk supported longshot Mayra Flores, a Republican congressional candidate in south Texas — the second-largest Hispanic district in the nation. On Tuesday. Flores won the election and surprisingly flipped the blue district red — a clear shot across the DNC’s bow.
Musk was born and raised in South Africa and emigrated to Canada when he was a teenager. He attended Queen’s University in Kingston, then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania.
Musk became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002.
Musk recently noted he planned to vote Republican in 2022, saying during his appearance on a May 17 “All In” podcast that the Democratic Party is controlled by the unions and by trial lawyers.
“I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear,” Musk said. “Now this election, I will.”
The Daily Caller notes that the following day Musk referred to Democrats as the party of “division and hate” and suggested they will launch “dirty campaign tricks” against him.
Musk continued: “In the past, I voted Democrat because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division and hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold.”
Several prominent liberals have had public meltdowns when contemplating Musk’s support for less censorship on the Twitter platform and Republican initiatives. MSNBC host Joy Reid claimed Musk misses the “old South Africa of the ’80s” by giving a green light for supporters of former President Donald Trump to return to the Twitter platform.
“There was a time when people had the double hashtags around their names because they were Jewish and right-wingers were saying ‘get in the oven’ anytime you made any benign comment on Twitter,” Reid scowled. “They attacked women, the misogyny was crazy on Twitter for a while. Elon Musk, I guess he misses the old South Africa in the ’80s, he wants that back.”
DeSantis has been a vocal critic of wokeism in all its forms. From blocking intrusions into elementary school curricula, to protecting parents from Biden-administration initiatives that seek to minimize parental authority, to reasonable border protection, to reprimanding Disney for propagating content harmful to the traditional family unit, DeSantis is, as CNN noted, “leading the crusade against wokeness.”
With Musk’s endorsement, the deft politician with Kennedy’s wit and Lincoln’s courage will likely soon step onto the national political stage.
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