In light of the recently leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion, Elon Muskās Tesla just announced that it will cover travel costs for employees seeking out-of-state abortions.
Few issues mark the divide between Liberals and conservatives as sharply as the issue of whether itās OK to murder babies; however, many conservatives remain convinced that Musk is one of their ilk.
The reality, however, is that abortion is far from the only issue that puts Musk squarely in the leftās camp.
ItāsĀ not just Muskās actions that have placed him on the Marxist end of the spectrum. In 2018, he explicitly identified himself as aĀ socialist, then went further byĀ saying, āTrue socialism seeks greatest good for all.ā
Musk has provided political donations to countless Democratic politicians, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the infamous Hillary Clinton. He even endorsed Andrew Yang for president and said that Donald Trump doesnāt have the temperament to be president of the United States.
Musk also vocally opposed Trumpās policies at every turn.
In 2020, when the president suspended foreign work visas to prioritize American employment during the coronavirus situation, Musk wrote to his 94 million Twitter followers that he āvery much disagree with this action.ā
In 2017, when the Trump administration left the Paris climate accords, Musk resigned from TrumpāsĀ business councilsĀ in dramatic public fashion, stating that āclimate change is realā and āleaving Paris is not good for America or the world.ā
Given his recent purchase of Twitter on supposed free speech grounds,Ā the First Amendment is one area in which conservatives might expect Musk to be strong, but his record is squishy at best.
When Lawrence Fossi, a Manhattan portfolio manager, wrote articles critical of Tesla, the billionaire threatened a lawsuit rather than contacting Fossi about any disagreements or errors (probably because there were none). Thatās rather strange for someone who claims to be a free speech advocate.
A more striking violation of his alleged free speech absolutism involved asking communist China to censor criticism of Tesla altogether.
Tesla opened its first international factory in China in 2018. In fact, Musk has a pretty cozy relationship with the largest authoritarian state in the world.
He called China āsmartā and āhardworkingā while characterizing Americans as āentitledā and ācomplacent.ā āChina rocks!ā the billionaire said of the genocidal communist regime. He also said that he wants to go to the country more often, which prompted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to offer him permanent residency. The last time I checked, conservatives werenāt too keen on China.
Despite his close alliance with a genocidal state, Muskās companies Tesla and SpaceX have powerful ādiversity, equity and inclusionā divisions that regularly train employees. This training ā based on critical race theory ā assumes inherent racial biases, drawing the ire of most on the right who believe in judging people based on their character rather than the color of their skin.
Although Musk recently claimed that he will start voting Republican, his record of standing for leftist ideals leaves no doubt that he shares little ideology with most Republican voters.
Frankly, the man is not a conservative, and we shouldnāt treat him as one ā not in our policymaking and certainly not in our public discourse.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.