“Elon Musk waded into uncharted political waters on Monday when he urged “independent-minded voters” to cast their ballots for Republicans in Tuesday’s midterm elections, making the kind of explicit endorsement his fellow tech CEOs have avoided in the past.
““To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic,” Musk wrote on Twitter.
“The tweet garnered over 43,000 retweets and over 279,000 likes after it was posted.
“The mercurial Twitter CEO has never shied from controversy, and his latest foray into politics was the kind of move that could send shockwaves through the Washington establishment, where politicians are more accustomed to business leaders keeping some distance from the political fray.”
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