Let me say this as plainly as possible: Elon Musk starting a third party in 2025 would be the dumbest, most self-destructive political move since Ross Perot handed Bill Clinton the keys to the White House in the ’90s. It wouldn’t be bold. It wouldn’t be visionary.
It would be idiotic — and, frankly, hurtful to every American who wants to see this country course-corrected and saved.
Let’s be clear: I like Elon. I’ve praised his defense of free speech. I’ve admired how he’s stood up to the woke mob, and I think his gut instincts are often spot-on. But if he launches some “centrist” third-party experiment, he’ll all but guarantee that Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, Josh Shapiro, or JB Pritzker gets four years to finish the job of wrecking America.
This isn’t complicated. Third parties don’t win. They spoil. That’s not opinion – that’s history.
In 1992, Perot split the conservative vote and gave us Bill Clinton. In 2000, Ralph Nader helped cost Al Gore Florida. In 2016, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson chipped away at both sides. In 2020, Kanye West barely moved the needle, but even then it showed how a vanity project can throw a wrench in the works.
The only people who win when a third party gains traction are the ones we don’t want in power. And Elon knows that.
There are only two lanes in this country right now: one that leads toward saving America, and one that leads straight off a socialist cliff. If Elon’s new party pulls even 3-5% of conservatives, independents, or fed-up Gen Zers away from Trump and the GOP, it’s game over.
That’s all it takes. A few points in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, or Pennsylvania, and we’re back to open borders, weaponized DOJ, pronouns in the Pentagon, and $8 gas.
I get it. He’s frustrated. So am I. The GOP isn’t perfect. But you don’t burn down the house because the sink’s leaking. You fix the plumbing. That’s what we’ve been doing.
Donald Trump didn’t hijack the Republican Party — he revived it. And under his leadership, we’ve actually built a movement that stands a real chance at restoring sanity.
Elon’s potential third party, meanwhile, is nothing more than a Silicon Valley fever dream wrapped in a libertarian TED Talk. A party of “just trust the data” and “both sides are bad” isn’t going to beat the Democratic machine. This isn’t a TED stage. It’s a street fight for the soul of the country.
This kind of move is especially insulting to young conservatives like me. We’ve been organizing, mobilizing, and voting our guts out to try and change this country’s trajectory. Gen Z finally showed up — and what did we vote for? No taxes on tips. No taxes on overtime. Less government in our lives. A secure border. A return to American energy. And now Elon wants to show up and play spoiler because he thinks he can reinvent the wheel?
It’s not brave. It’s betrayal.
If Elon wants to help, great. Use your platform. Fund conservative candidates. Keep calling out the insanity of the left. But don’t blow up the only realistic path we have to winning.
The stakes are too high for egos and experiments. We’re not choosing between left, right, and “disruption.” We’re choosing between freedom and tyranny. If Elon goes through with this, history won’t remember him as a rebel. It’ll remember him as the guy who helped Joe Biden finish the job of dismantling America.
Elon, you’ve done some great things. But this isn’t one of them. Be smart. Stay in the fight. Don’t sabotage it.
Brilyn Hollyhand is a 19-year-old political commentator, bestselling author of “One Generation Away: Why Now is the Time to Restore American Freedom,” and host of “The Brilyn Hollyhand Show”. For more of his hot takes you can follow him on socials @Brilyn Hollyhand or visit BrilynHollyhand.com.
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