In a current interview with journalist Kara Swisher, Hillary Clinton accused Elon Musk of threatening to “rape” Taylor Swift.
The allegation stems from feedback that the Tesla CEO and X proprietor made in response to Taylor’s endorsement of Kamala Harris.
“Fine Taylor … you win…I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life,” Musk wrote on the social media platform he bought in 2022.
Elon Musk attends the tenth Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Movement Photos on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Photos)
Musk’s Try at Humor Falls Flat
Taylor referenced J.D. Vance’s “childless cat lady” aspersions in her endorsement. And that appears to have impressed Musk’s cat remark.
As for the half about giving the pop icon “a baby” — nicely, the reasoning behind that comment is much less clear and way more controversial.
In her interview with Swisher, Clinton alleged that Musk’s supply to “impregnate” Swift was “kind of another way of saying rape.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in the course of the Clinton International Initiative (CGI), a gathering of worldwide leaders that appears to assist clear up world issues, on September 19, 2022 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Photos)
Hillary Clinton Goes Off on Elon Musk
“I can’t understand why he says what he says. It just is beyond my imagination,” Clinton stated.
“Whether it’s Trump or Musk or any other so-called masters of the universe in the technology world, misogyny is such a part of their worldview, and they gravitate toward toughness and brutality and machoism.”
Hillary went on to attract an unflattering comparability between Taylor’s profession and Musk’s.
Elon Musk attends the tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Photos for Breakthrough Prize)
“Here’s Taylor Swift, a self-made billionaire who brings joy to people who imparts life lessons, particularly to girls and women. They can’t stand it,” Clinton stated.
Clinton went on to counsel that Taylor’s endorsement of Harris had “triggered” Trump and his supporters.
“I mean, if it had happened before the debate, it would’ve overpowered the debate,” she famous.
Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Area on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Picture by Noam Galai/Getty Photos for MTV)
“The fact that it happened right after the debate and just added to Kamala’s momentum must have just set them all off,” Clinton added.
A String of Controversies
Clinton’s allegations come on the heels of a separate controversy. Earlier this week, Musk tweeted and deleted a comment about Harris that he later dismissed as a joke.
Within the wake of Sunday’s assassination try in opposition to Donald Trump, Musk tweeted:
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and proprietor of X Holdings Corp., speaks on the Milken Institute’s International Convention on the Beverly Hilton Resort,on Could 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Picture by Apu Gomes/Getty Photos)
“No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”
For apparent causes, the tweet didn’t go over nicely. In truth, the hashtag “#DeportElon” trended because of Musk’s comment.
He later deleted the tweet and defined that it was an try at humor:
“Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X,” he wrote.
It’s robust to think about how the present election cycle may get any extra absurd. However we get the sensation that the subsequent six weeks will take this nation to locations we by no means imagined.
