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Mon Sep 2, 2024, 04:56 AM Sep 2024

Elon Musk's Trump Endorsement May Have Backfired [View all]

Elon Musk’s Trump Endorsement May Have Backfired

September 1, 2024 at 10:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 76 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/01/elon-musks-trump-endorsement-may-have-backfired/

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“Elon Musk’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump was meant to buoy the candidate’s chances in November. But more than a month after Musk officially put his weight behind Trump, a series of Democratic attacks have suggested that the endorsement has exposed a vulnerability,” NBC News reports.

“Since the tech billionaire endorsed Trump on July 13, the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly attacked Musk for his anti-worker stances. The campaign has called Musk and Trump ‘self-obsessed rich guys’ and reposted audio from an event on Musk’s social media app, X, in which the two laugh together about firing striking workers.”

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