Elon Musk’s uneasy relationship with the left explodes over Twitter takeover

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Musk has helped expand America’s use of electric vehicles. The left has found a lot of other things to dislike about him.

Image: Elon Musk at a Tesla store in London in 2013.

Elon Musk at a Tesla store in London in 2013.Simon Dawson / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

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April 29, 2022, 1:41 AM PDT

ByAlex Seitz-Wald

WASHINGTON — A climate hawk who immigrated to the U.S. in his 20sjust struck a deal to buy Twitter— and some liberals are furious.

Elon Musk went from an obscure businessman to a polarizing Tesla billionaire and his promise to change Twitter after he completes his $44 billion purchase of the social media platform triggered an outpouring of admiration from the right and outrage from the left.

Conservative firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, put Muskin a pantheonalongside only former PresidentDonald Trumpand Florida Gov. Ron…

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