“Leon’s, I’ll tell you what,” Trump began. “Elon, Elon, is not going to buy Twitter. … He’s got himself a mess. He said the other day, ‘Oh, I’ve never voted for a Republican.’ I said, ‘I didn’t know that. He told me he voted for me.’ So, he’s another bullshit artist. But he’s not going to be buying it.”
Musk wrote on Twitter last month that he voted for QAnon-pushing Republican Mayra Flores after she won a special election to represent a congressional district in the southern Texas district where Musk is registered to vote. “First time I ever voted Republican,” Musk wrote. “Massive red wave in 2022.”
Musk has also said that he’s leaning toward supporting Ron DeSantis for president in 2024, which may be part of why Trump went so hard at him on Saturday night. DeSantis is widely seen as the only person who could stand in Trump’s way of the Republican nomination, should they both choose to run. Rolling Stone reported last month that Trump is even considering launching his 2024 campaign in Florida specifically to stick it to the Florida governor.
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