Arizona Republican Refers To Elon Musk As America’s ‘Richest African American’

Republican Blake Masters, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona, has started to receive some backlash on Twitter after referring to tech mogul Elon Musk, who is white man, as the “richest African American entrepreneur” in the nation.

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“They’re corrupt,” argued Masters, speaking about the Pelosi team and Democrats overall. “And they’re hypocritical, so much so that there are terms for this, right? Champagne socialist, limousine liberal. Look at Elizabeth Warren, who’s in the news this week for attacking our country’s richest African American entrepreneur, a successful businessman who’s on track to pay $12 billion in taxes this year. I’m talking about Elon Musk, of course.”

A Twitter user chimed in and commented, “you called Musk an African American. Huh? He was born in South Africa, that does not make him an African American,” which garnered the reply, “Born in Africa and moved to America. That makes him an African American. That’s how it works.”

One commenter shared: “I’m so sick of folks conflating or confusing nationality and heritage. Elon national is South African. He is not black/African American.”

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“So if we use the logic the more money you make, the more taxes you pay, the more you have done for America I’m assuming he’s ready to present the good citizenship award to the Sackler family,” said another post.