Ukugxeka kuka-Elon Musk iDemocratic Party kukhuphukile emasontweni edlule, ikakhulukazi ngokusebenzisa kwakhe izithombe ezenziwe yi-AI ezibhekiswe kuPhini likaMengameli Kamala Harris. Muva nje, uMusk uthumele isithombe sikaHarris egqoke iyunifomu yamakhomanisi, eqamba amanga ethi wafunga ukuthi uzoba "umcindezeli wamakhomanisi." Isithombe, esibukwe kabanzi ku-X (eyayikade i-Twitter), savusa impikiswano ngokuqukethwe kwayo okudukisayo, okwephule inqubomgomo ka-X kwabezindaba ezisetshenzisiwe.
UMusk uphinde wabelana ngemibono yobulili nenkulu, kufaka phakathi okuthunyelwe okusikisela ukuthi "abesilisa abasezingeni eliphezulu" kuphela okufanele babambe iqhaza kuhulumeni, bakhulise okuqukethwe kwe-misogynistic. Lezi zikhala, naphezu kokubukwa yizigidi, azizange zihlolwe ngamaqiniso ngokusebenzisa "amanothi omphakathi" ka-X, ithuluzi uMusk ayekhuthaze ukubonakala obala.
Izenzo zikaMusk ziphakamise ukukhathazeka ngokungakhethi kuka-X, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuvuma kwakhe uDonald Trump kanye nokusekelwa kwezezimali kwemizamo yeRiphabhuliki. Lokhu kuza ngemuva kwesithembiso sakhe sangaphambilini sokugcina ukungathathi hlangothi kwezombusazwe epulatifomu. Ithonya likaMusk ku-X lidonsela amehlo njengoba ukhetho lukamongameli waseMelika luka-2024 lusondela.