Midterm elections in the United States: Elon Musk calls for voting Republican
Elon Musk, in March 2019, in Hawthorne, California.
AFP - FREDERIC J. BROWN
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The midterm elections in the United States are this Tuesday, November 8.
And before knowing what the political landscape will look like for the next two years, some are getting involved.
This is the case of Elon Musk, The boss of Twitter calls to vote for the candidates of the Republican Party.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Guillaume Naudin
It is a tradition in the United States, for personalities and media, to choose a camp.
This is called
endorsement
.
And that's what the richest man in the world just did.
Explanation of the person concerned: “
It is better for the balance of powers and there is a Democratic president in the White House.
»
Hardcore Democrats or Republicans never vote for the other side, so independent voters are the ones who actually decide who's in charge!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
Before these constitutional considerations, Elon Musk had already given his opinion on how to make peace in Ukraine or stabilize the situation in Taiwan.
Like everyone else, he has the right to have an opinion on everything and above all he has the right to express it.
His voice necessarily carries further than the others.
He is famous.
Elon Musk is currently considered the richest man in the world, and he has more than 100 million subscribers on the social network he has just acquired and is in the process of restructuring like a hussar. by parting with half of the staff, in particular the employees responsible for content moderation.
This is what is new: until now, the bosses of the technology giants have carefully avoided taking political sides.
Elon Musk, he has never hidden his preferences and his criticisms against ideas more to the left than his own, at the risk of giving a real political orientation to a platform which he wishes to make a real global digital public square.
►To re-read: Twitter: “We have been living the roller coaster for seven months”
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