Twitter Owner Musk Backs Republicans On Eve Of U.S. Midterms

Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, urged Americans to elect a Republican Congress in U.S. midterms on Tuesday to counterbalance President Joe Biden’s Democrats, the first time a major social media CEO explicitly took a side.

“Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic,” Musk said in a tweet on Monday to his more than 110 million followers.

Republicans are favored to win a majority in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s elections, with the Senate rated a toss-up by nonpartisan election forecasters. Democrats currently control both houses.

Musk, the world’s richest person and CEO of Tesla, took over Twitter in a $44 billion deal last month and has engaged in drastic measures including sacking half the staff and a plan to charge for blue check verification marks.