After Sanders shared a tweet calling on the rich to pay their “fair share” of taxes, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reignited his feud with Virginia Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday.
“We must ask extremely wealthy people to pay their share. In the meantime,” Sanders wrote on Twitter the day before Musk tweeted.
On Sunday morning, Musk replied to Sanders The language used seems to be to belittle the 80-year-old liberal. “I always forget that you are alive,” Musk wrote.
After one hour, MuskWith a net worth of nearly 300 billion U.S. dollars, he subsequently posted another tweet: “Bernie, do you want me to sell more stocks? Just say a word…”
According to reports on Wednesday, Musk sold about $5 billion in Tesla stock.
Musk’s name became popular on Twitter, and users criticized the SpaceX founder for mocking Sanders’ suggestions that could help troubled Americans.
Although Sanders did not mention Musk In his most recent tweet, he did quote Musk on Wednesday, when Sanders talked about the wealth gap on Twitter, which is the top priority for the long-term senator.
“Nearly half of Americans have insufficient income to afford renting a one-bedroom apartment. Half of us continue to live on salaries. At the same time, since the pandemic began, Elon Musk’s wealth has increased by approximately $293 billion. This is the whole point of a manipulated economy,” He tweeted.
Before Musk and Sanders March Discord When Sanders told Musk to “focus on the earth” instead of putting billions of dollars into space travel. This tweet led to back and forth exchanges.
As of Sunday night, Sanders has not publicly responded to Musk’s comments on taxing the wealthy.
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