Elon Musk was a self described Democrat stating he “overwhelmingly” voted for them in the past.
That has now changed.
Musk has now announced that he will vote for more Republicans after never having voted for them before.
“The reality is that Twitter at this point, you know, has a very far left bias,” the Tesla CEO — who was born in South Africa but is a US citizen — said. “I would classify myself as a moderate, neither Republican nor Democrat.”
He continued: “And in fact, I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically. Overwhelmingly. Like I’m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear. Now this election, I will.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Musk told the panel that he was eager to buy Twitter because he wanted to bring more “balance” to the platform.
“I think there’s a need for a public town square where people can debate issues of all kinds,” he said, adding: “where it feels balanced from a political standpoint [and] it’s not biased one way or the other.”
Musk’s purchase of Twitter is currently on hold as he looks into how many fake accounts exist on the platform.
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