U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D)
Warren tweetedMonday evening that the Twitter deal “is dangerous for our democracy.”
The senator, who haslong railed against the wealth of America’s big money elite, added “Billionaires like Elon Musk play by a different set of rules than everyone else, accumulating power for their own gain. We need a wealth tax and strong rules to hold big tech accountable.”
Warren hasbeefed with Musk in the past over claims that Musk paid nothing in income taxes over several years. Reports have shown that in years like 2018, Musk paid much less than the going tax rate. Musk limply insulted Warren, calling her “an angry mom” who “yells at everyone for no reason” and later pointed to the fact he paid $11 billion in taxes from selling Tesla shares in 2021, not mentioning that taxes on stock sales are much less than the regular rate of income tax, and that his number does not account for the many years before he paid much less.
