Tesla CEO Elon Musk was photographed in Austin, Texas on April 7, 2022. The electric vehicle company is also getting into battery storage.
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Hours after Elon Musk lost his bid to be district attorney in Travis County, Texas, on Tuesday. Tesla The CEO sent a company-wide email urging employees to follow his lead.
Incumbent Jose Garza’s Democratic challenger Jeremy Sylestine was defeated early on Super Tuesday, Garza More than 30 points. Musk appears to have deleted his support for Sylestine post on X.
Sylestine operates on a platform to prosecute more cases, invest in public safety initiatives and rely on more jury trials. Musk, who moved to Texas from California several years ago and later moved Tesla’s headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, has become increasingly outspoken about politics and reportedly met with former President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Trump.
Texas is also home to a major SpaceX factory and two of Musk’s other companies, The Boring Company.
Musk wrote on X on Wednesday that he “will not donate directly to any 2024 presidential candidates,” but he and his company have donated to political action committees and campaign committees in the past, according to published records. OpenSecrets.org.
CNBC obtained the following email from Musk to employees on Tuesday.
Author: Musk
To: All
Date: March 5, 2024
This mostly applies if you live in the greater Austin area, but if you live in the greater Austin area, vote now for a new District Attorney who will actually prosecute crimes. The time has come for the whole world to change!
Musk added a link to a since-deleted post on Prosecutor!”
Musk at that time A second company-wide email was sent, which read: “It’s important to note that Jeremy Celestine is a moderate Democrat, not a Republican. He ran against him in the primary A far-left incumbent is running.”
Burundi Musk’s email was first reported.
Sylestine did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tesla operates its largest U.S. vehicle assembly plant in Travis County, home to Austin.
While Musk describes himself as an independent, he has previously supported presidential candidates, including his friends leaf (born Kanye West) and Andrew YoungHis public political commentary has skewed to the right over the years. In an X Live post on Tuesday, he accused President Biden of “treason” but provided no evidence.
Musk is endorsing Texas Republican May Flores’ 2022 congressional race. He is now supporting popular video game music composer Marty O’Donnell, who is running as a Republican for Congress in Nevada.
“I wish more people like Marty would run for office,” Musk wrote On Tuesday, X, repost O’Donnell’s post.
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