Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Elon Musk Takes on Senator Warren

By James Hirsen

Elon Musk has been an adept Twitter user since 2009. His followers clock in at almost 68 million people. It's an understatement to say that he has mastered the medium. Over the years, he used it to communicate business and tech ideas. But he has also jousted with debaters as well as detractors, one of the most recent being Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). After Time named him "Person of the Year," Sen. Warren launched a social media attack. She kicked off the virtual war with the following tweet: "Let's change the rigged tax code so 'The Person of the Year' will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else." She also took out Facebook ads that accused him of being a "freeloading billionaire." Evidently seeking to impose a wealth tax on him, the ads asked for people who agreed with her to chip in $10. Elon was not about to take all of it lying down. He responded with his own tweet. [more...]

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