AOC accuses Elon Musk of being insecure and of having 'an ego problem'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Elon Musk of being insecure and having "an ego problem."
Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, announced on Tuesday that he plans to offer an $8 monthly subscription for users to get verified and access certain site features — he blasted the social media platform's present "lords & peasants system" for determining who gets a verification badge as "bulls**t."
"Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that 'free speech' is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Musk then mocked the left-wing lawmaker by replying, "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8." In another tweet, Musk highlighted that the lawmaker's campaign is selling $58 sweatshirts.
"My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and every one is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids. You're a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
\u201c@elonmusk My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and every one is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids.\n\nYou\u2019re a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people.\u201d— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667425439
"Also my twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t working tonight, so I was informed via text that I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin," the lawmaker tweeted. "Just a reminder that money will never by your way out of insecurity, folks."
Musk has indicated that it will be weeks before users who were ousted from the platform will be reinstated. "Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he noted. "Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence," he tweeted.
\u201c@yoyoel @JGreenblattADL @YaelEisenstat @rashadrobinson @JGo4Justice @normanlschen @DerrickNAACP @TheBushCenter @SindyBenavides Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence\u201d— Yoel Roth (@Yoel Roth) 1667352293