Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweets he supports Democratic presidential nominee hopeful Andrew Yang and notes it’s ‘very important’ that if he’s elected he would be the ‘first openly goth president’
- Elon Musk appeared to support Andrew Yang’s presidential hopes Saturday
- Musk revealed is apparent backing in a tweet, also noting that it’s important that Yang would be the ‘first openly goth president’
- Yang has claimed to be an ex-goth who grew up listening to goth music acts
- Musk also revealed that a universal basic income is ‘obviously needed’
- Yang has been campaigning on the idea of a $1,000 a month ‘Freedom Dividend’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tweeted indicating that he supports Democratic Presidential nominee hopeful Andrew Yang.
Musk’s apparent backing of Yang’s White House hopes was made public Saturday when Musk, responding to a @HardcoreHistory tweet, wrote: ‘I support Yang.’
Musk then elaborated by noting that Yang ‘would [be] our first openly goth president. I think this is very important.’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (left) tweeted his apparent support of Democratic presidential nominee hopeful Andrew Yang’s (right) campaign Saturday
Musk’s tweet, which was in response to a fellow Twitter user’s tweet about one of Yang’s posts earlier in the day
Musk followed up the tweet with a second tweet, referring to Yang’s April revelation that he is an ex-goth who great up listening to The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division and other bands
In April, Yang revealed that he is an ‘ex-goth,’ who grew up listening to The Smiths, The Cure, Siouxie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode and Joy Division, among others, and has appropriately moody yearbook photos to shore up the claim.
The SpaceX CEO’s tweets were tied back to Yang’s tweet that morning in which he had written: ‘I don’t expect people to agree with me on everything- that would be odd My main hope is that people trust that I’m trying to solve problems and I’m open to different approaches – particularly if the data drives in a particular direction. Changing one’s mind is not a bad thing.’
Yang, an entrepreneur and former tech executive, has been campaigning around the idea of a $1,000 monthly basic income for those 18 and over – the Freedom Dividend – as a way of helping to off-set job losses due to increasing automation.
After tweeting that he supported Yang, a tweeter asked Musk, who has claimed to be a registered independent, what his thoughts about a universal basic income were.
‘Obviously needed,’ replied Musk, whose has a net worth estimated at $19.9billion.
On Thursday, it was revealed that Yang has become the ninth Democrat to qualify for the next presidential primary debates, which will be held in September.
Musk’s tweets were tied back to this tweet which Yang had posted earlier on Saturday
Yang shared yearbook photos that shored up his claim that he was a goth kid growing up