In a series of peculiar events, it seems as though things are getting interesting tonight. That's because more news is breaking about, you guessed it, Tesla.
According to reports, Tesla's Elon Musk donates to political organizations. No surprise there, really. What billionaire doesn't? But, as with most things in life, there's a catch.
That's because Musk donated nearly $34,000 to a Protect the House, a Super PAC looking to keep Republican control of congress. The donation was made just last month, on June 5.
While we at AutoSpies have our own political beliefs, and are definitely on the side of folks having their say and spending their own hard-earned dollars as they please, it seems that's not the case of Tesla fanboys/fangirls. Many Tesla forum members are not too pleased about this news. In fact, they're pretty pissed from the sounds of it.
One forum user writes:
My wife just asked me to sell both of our Tesla's because of this. And cancel my 3rd reservation.
Alrighty then.
So, we've got to ask, Spies: Is Tesla's loyal fanbase going to crumble now that it's been discovered that Musk is a BIG Republican donor? What say you?
[UPDATE] Musk has responded via Twitter proclaiming that all reports of him being a top donor to the GOP are "categorically false."
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk donated $33k to Protect the House, a Super PAC working to maintain Republican control of Congress.
The committee, according to a ProPublica report, raised $8.6 in Q2 of 2018 for Republican incumbents in Congress looking to stave off Democratic challenges.
ProPublica also provided an itemied list of the top donors, which include some of the usual suspects: Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire Republican mega-donor, and Robert McNair, owner of the Houston Texans...
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