{"id":23187,"date":"2022-05-20T09:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/?p=23187"},"modified":"2022-11-26T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T17:28:28","slug":"now-the-insane-demented-lying-extreme-radical-liberal-left-are-coming-for-elon-musk-after-hes-awakened-from-his-slumber-elon-musk-says-claims-he-paid-250000-to-silence-spacex-flight-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/now-the-insane-demented-lying-extreme-radical-liberal-left-are-coming-for-elon-musk-after-hes-awakened-from-his-slumber-elon-musk-says-claims-he-paid-250000-to-silence-spacex-flight-attend\/","title":{"rendered":"Now, The Insane, Demented, Lying, Extreme Radical Liberal Left Are Coming For Elon Musk After He&#8217;s Awakened From His Slumber: Elon Musk Says Claims He Paid &#8216;$250,000&#8217; To Silence SpaceX Flight Attendant&#8217;s 2016 Sexual Harassment Claims Are From &#8216;Far Left Activist\/Actress With Political Ax To Grind&#8217; To Stop Him buying Twitter: Challenges &#8216;Liar&#8217; To Describe His Naked Body."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX firm was accused of paying $250,000 to a flight attendant<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>She had claimed that he exposed himself to her and propositioned her for sex<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The allegations emerged in papers signed by unnamed&nbsp;friend of flight attendant<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>But Musk quickly hit back and rubbished the claims on Twitter Thursday evening<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>He said it should be viewed through a political lens and branded it &#8216;despicable&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Stephen+M.+Lepore+For+Dailymail.Com\">STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PUBLISHED:\u00a000:01 EDT, 20 May 2022\u00a0|\u00a0UPDATED:\u00a009:15 EDT, 20 May 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elon Musk says a sexual harassment allegation made against him has been trumped up by &#8216;a far left activist\/actress in LA with a major political ax to grind.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Tesla boss, who&#8217;s in the process of buying Twitter for $44 billion, lashed out at claims made in Insider that he paid $250,000 in severance to a SpaceX worker who accused him of exposing himself to her.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Those claims were made by the alleged worker&#8217;s friend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk, who is the world&#8217;s richest man, branded the &#8216;wild allegations&#8217; against him &#8216;utterly untrue&#8217; and answered &#8216;exactly&#8217; to a Twitter user who said the billionaire had fallen victim to an establishment hit piece.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Throwing down the gauntlet to his accuser, Musk continued: &#8216;But I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me &#8220;exposed&#8221; \u2014 describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, \u2026) that isn&#8217;t known by the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;She won&#8217;t be able to do so, because it never happened.&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk also denied responding to Insider&#8217;s request for a comment on its exclusive &#8211; although the publication says this is false, and pointed to a quote it insists Musk supplied for the original piece pre-publication.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He said: &#8216;No, it was clear that their only goal was a hit price to interfere with the Twitter acquisition. The story was written before they even talked to me.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk has also since joked about the scandal on Twitter, writing: &#8216;Finally, we get to use Elongate as scandal name. It\u2019s kinda perfect.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The bombshell report, published by;\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5\">Insider<\/a>, alleged that Musk&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/spacex\/index.html\">SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0paid $250,000 in severance to one of the company&#8217;s corporate flight attendants after she filed a formal complaint against the tech mogul claiming he exposed himself to her and propositioned her for sex.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The flight attendant, who has not been named, also alleged the billionaire rubbed her leg and offered her gifts &#8211; including a horse &#8211; in exchange for an erotic massage.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The story was based on declaration papers signed by a friend of the flight attendant as part of the complaint against SpaceX. Other records and correspondence were also turned over by the friend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk tweeted Thursday night: &#8216;The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens &#8211; this is their standard (despicable) playbook &#8211; but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He then finally tweeted a denial in response to Cucumber Capital CEO Tara Bull: &#8216;And, for the record, those wild accusations are utterly untrue.&#8217;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"357\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58052637-10836019-image-a-1_1653046487957.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"332\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58052683-10836019-image-a-3_1653046487968.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1097\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58046067-10836019-Elon_Musk_s_SpaceX_allegedly_paid_250_000_to_one_of_the_company_-a-4_1653046487969.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk's SpaceX allegedly paid $250,000 to one of the company's corporate flight attendants, who accused the tech mogul of exposing himself to her and propositioning her for sex, according to a new report\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX allegedly paid $250,000 to one of the company&#8217;s corporate flight attendants, who accused the tech mogul of exposing himself to her and propositioning her for sex, according to a new report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He also attacked the credibility of the alleged victim&#8217;s friend, tweeting that she &#8216;is a far left activist\/actress in LA with a major political axe to grind.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Tesla boss is currently trying to buy Twitter has recently made a public display of switching political allegiances &#8211; saying he will\u00a0vote\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/republicans\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Republican<\/a>\u00a0this year after having voted for\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/democrats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats<\/a>\u00a0in the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk, the wealthiest man on earth, hit back in a statement to the publication, saying\u00a0there is &#8216;a lot more to this story&#8217; &#8211; which he called a\u00a0&#8216;politically motivated hit piece&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He later decried the journalist&#8217;s tactics on Twitter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;It was clear that their only goal was a hit price [sic] to interfere with the Twitter acquisition,&#8217; he wrote. &#8216;The story was written before they even talked to me.&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"634\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58045271-10836019-image-a-2_1653046487960.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk, 50, was also accused of rubbing her leg and offering gifts in exchange for an erotic massage<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"733\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58045397-10836019-The_2016_incident_is_alleged_in_papers_signed_by_a_friend_of_the-a-5_1653046487973.jpg\" alt=\"The 2016 incident is alleged in papers signed by a friend of the flight attendant, who handled a flight to London with Musk on board\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 2016 incident is alleged in papers signed by a friend of the flight attendant, who handled a flight to London with Musk on board<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk today tweeted that he &#8216;finally&#8217; gets to use &#8216;Elongate as a scandal name&#8217; amid the sexual assault allegations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He quote retweeted his 2021 tweet where he said: &#8216;If there&#8217;s ever a scandal about me, please call it Elongate&#8217; and tweeted: &#8216;Finally, we get to use Elongate as scandal name. It&#8217;s kinda perfect.&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meanwhile,\u00a0SpaceX VP of Legal Christopher Cardaci told Insider: &#8216;I&#8217;m not going to comment on any settlement agreements.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A friend of the woman claimed the flight attendant told her Musk requested she come to his room to perform &#8216;a full body massage&#8217; in late 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SpaceX employs in-house massages as a benefit for executives &#8211; and according to the declaration the flight attendant was encouraged to take massage classes by her supervisors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Upon arrival, she allegedly found Musk &#8216;completely naked except for a sheet covering the lower half of his body.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The declaration from the friend says that Musk &#8216;exposed his genitals,&#8217; and touched the flight attendant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He then, according to the declaration, &#8216;offered to buy her a horse&#8217;\u00a0if she would &#8216;do more,&#8217; which she said she took to mean performing sex acts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Insider noted that the flight attendant rode horses as a hobby.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The attendant declined Musk&#8217;s offer but continued the massage, the friend said. But then &#8216;he whipped out his penis,&#8217;\u00a0 the friend said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;It was erect,&#8217; they added.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;And he started propositioning her, like he touched her thigh and told her he would buy her a horse. And he basically tried to bribe her to perform some sort of sexual favor.&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"581\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58057929-10836019-Musk_today_tweeted_that_he_finally_gets_to_use_Elongate_as_a_sca-a-6_1653046487974.jpg\" alt=\"Musk today tweeted that he 'finally' gets to use 'Elongate as a scandal name' amid the sexual assault allegations\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk today tweeted that he &#8216;finally&#8217; gets to use &#8216;Elongate as a scandal name&#8217; amid the sexual assault allegations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The friend said that the flight attendant was &#8216;really upset&#8217; and visibly shaken after the flight when they got together shortly after.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>She added that, while the flight attendant looked up to Musk before the incident, afterwards she found it more difficult to get work, in addition to being &#8216;full of anxiety.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;She figured things could just go back to normal and she would pretend like nothing happened,&#8217; the friend said. &#8216;However, she started to feel as if she was receiving some sort of retaliation where her shifts were cut back, and she was starting to feel really stressed.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But Musk said none of this ever happened, writing in another late-night tweet Thursday night: &#8216;I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me &#8216;exposed&#8217; \u2013 describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, \u2026) that isn&#8217;t known by the public.&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;She won&#8217;t be able to do so, because it never happened,&#8217; he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The declaration argues that she felt she was &#8216;being pushed out and punished for refusing to prostitute herself.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The attendant hired an employment lawyer to file the complaint in 2018, which led to her friend being contacted to corroborate the claims.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk is said to have attended a session with a mediator and the attendant, hoping to resolve the situation quickly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In November 2018, before making it to court, Musk, SpaceX and the attendant agreed to a severance payment of $250,000, it is claimed. It is also alleged the flight attendant was told to promise not sue.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"455\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/13\/58054621-10836019-image-a-16_1653048151298.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The settlement included non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements preventing the flight attendant for ever revealing any information regarding the settlement or anything about Musk and his business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Those sorts of agreements were then banned in the state of California &#8211; just months after Musk&#8217;s settlement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The flight attendant&#8217;s friend claims she is under no such agreements and felt an &#8216;obligation&#8217; to tell the story as a survivor of sexual assault herself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;I absolutely felt a responsibility to come forward with it, especially now,&#8217; she said. &#8216;He is the richest man in the world. Someone with that level of power causing that kind of harm and then throwing some money at the situation, that&#8217;s not accountability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;There are predators all over the world. But when someone is particularly wealthy and powerful, they literally have systems that are like a machine working for them, to set them up to be able to do whatever they want.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;When you choose to remain silent, yeah, you do become a part of that system,&#8217; she added.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;You do become a part of that machine that allows someone like Elon Musk to continue to do the horrible things that he&#8217;s done.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It&#8217;s not clear if the friend has spoken to the flight attendant ahead of the story being revealed.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"760\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58045261-10836019-Musk_attended_a_session_with_a_mediator_and_the_attendant_not_pi-a-8_1653046488042.jpg\" alt=\"Musk attended a session with a mediator and the attendant (not pictured), hoping to resolve this quickly\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk attended a session with a mediator and the attendant (not pictured), hoping to resolve this quickly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;If there were a way for [her] to come forward without putting herself at risk, without jeopardizing her life in any way, I believe she would,&#8217; the friend said. &#8216;I hope she feels like I did the right thing. I hope she feels I said the things that she didn&#8217;t feel safe enough to say.&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This is the first such allegation of sexual misconduct against the tech mogul &#8211; which Musk noted when asked for comment on the situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He said:\u00a0&#8216;If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He added that there is &#8216;a lot more to this story&#8217; which he called a &#8216;politically motivated hit piece.&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Both\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/14\/science\/spacex-sexual-harassment.html\">SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/12\/14\/tesla-sexual-harassment\/\">Tesla<\/a>\u00a0have faced allegations of sexual harassment as well as lawsuits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The friend said she hopes anyone else who may have been mistreated by Musk comes forward.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>These accusations come during a period where Musk has perhaps never dominated the news cycle more.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He&#8217;s in the middle of a tumultuous buyout of the social media giant Twitter &#8211; which Musk repeatedly said was &#8216;on hold&#8217; over the past week over claims that the platform was downplaying its number of bots.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Executives at the social media giant, however, insisted on Thursday that the deal was still on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asked initially why he wanted to buy Twitter, the South African billionaire said it was to promote free speech, and that he intended to &#8216;clean up&#8217; Twitter, and get rid of spam and bots. Then, on Friday, he said that the $44 billion deal was &#8216;temporarily on hold&#8217; until Twitter could prove that less than 5 percent of its users were fake or spam accounts<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"534\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58044891-10836019-Musk_on_Thursday_tweeted_a_meme_showing_himself_looking_at_the_T-a-10_1653046488048.jpg\" alt=\"Musk on Thursday tweeted a meme showing himself looking at the Twitter data and realizing many accounts were bots - while the Twitter board said they always knew that\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk on Thursday tweeted a meme showing himself looking at the Twitter data and realizing many accounts were bots &#8211; while the Twitter board said they always knew that<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;This is a big deal,&#8217; he said on Monday at a podcast summit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;It seems like if you said, &#8216;Okay, I agree to buy your house.&#8217; You say the house has less than 5 percent termites. That&#8217;s an acceptable number. But if it turns out it is 90 percent termites, that&#8217;s not okay. It&#8217;s not the same house.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk remains convinced that Twitter&#8217;s leadership is not being honest with him about the number of bots, and on Thursday tweeted a meme of an astronaut, labelled &#8216;Elon&#8217;, staring into the abyss and saying: &#8216;Wait it&#8217;s all bots?&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another astronaut, labelled &#8216;Twitter Board&#8217;, holds a gun to his head and replies: &#8216;Always has been.&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1172\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/58047099-10836019-Musk_on_Thursday_afternoon_insisted_he_was_not_spending_an_exces-a-9_1653046488046.jpg\" alt=\"Musk on Thursday afternoon insisted he was not spending an excessive amount of time on the Twitter deal\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Musk on Thursday afternoon insisted he was not spending an excessive amount of time on the Twitter deal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted a lengthy explanation of the 5% figure Musk was given &#8211; which was stated in company documents before Musk made his offer &#8211; the billionaire responded with a poop emoji.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/elon-musk\/index.html\">Musk<\/a>\u00a0also garnered headlines this week after claiming that he will switch political allegiances and vote for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/republicans\/index.html\">Republican<\/a>\u00a0party in the next election, after casting his ballot &#8216;overwhelmingly&#8217; for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/democrats\/index.html\">Democratic<\/a>\u00a0party in the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The world&#8217;s richest man, who was born in South African and holds US citizenship, is registered as an independent voter and describes himself as a moderate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>However, in recent years &#8211; and particularly while publicly discussing his Twitter takeover &#8211;\u00a0the Tesla and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/spacex\/index.html\">SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0CEO has shown a leaning more towards the political right.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speaking via video link at a tech summit in Miami, Florida on Monday, hosted by the All-In podcast, Musk confirmed he would be changing his vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;The reality is that Twitter at this point, you know, has a very far left bias,&#8217; Musk told attendees. &#8216;I would classify myself as a moderate, neither Republican nor Democrat.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically. Like I&#8217;m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear,&#8217; Musk continued, adding:\u00a0&#8216;Now this election I will.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"723\" width=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/20\/12\/57962319-10836019-Speaking_via_video_link_at_a_tech_summit_in_Miami_on_Monday_pict-a-11_1653046488050.jpg\" alt=\"Speaking via video link at a tech summit in Miami on Monday (pictured), hosted by the All-In podcast, Musk confirmed he would be changing his vote from Democrat to Republican\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10836019\/Elon-Musk-hits-says-attacks-against-viewed-POLITICAL-lens.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10836019\/Elon-Musk-hits-says-attacks-against-viewed-POLITICAL-lens.html#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elon Musk says sex assault accuser is &#8216;far left activist\/actress with major political ax to grind.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX firm was accused of paying $250,000 to a flight attendant She had claimed that he exposed himself to her and propositioned her for sex The allegations emerged in papers signed by unnamed&nbsp;friend of flight attendant But Musk quickly hit back and rubbished the claims on Twitter Thursday evening He said it should&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1775,1667,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-dishonest-and-corrupt-liberal-media","category-fascism-in-america","category-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}