Elon Musk Throws Support Behind GOP Senator For Leader

Elon Musk voiced his support for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Senate Republican leader.

“I would support Rand Paul and suspect that other candidates will not actually run polls out of concern for the results, but let’s see if they will!” Musk commented in response to Paul posting a poll to ask X followers their preferred choice for Senate leader.

I would support Rand Paul and suspect that other candidates will not actually run polls out of concern for the results, but let’s see if they will!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 8, 2024

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JUST IN — Elon Musk supports Rand Paul becoming leader of the Senate GOP. pic.twitter.com/k30MBeIqno

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 8, 2024

“Who would you like to be the next Senate leader?” Rand Paul asked his 5.1 million X followers.

The choices included:

• Rand Paul
• John Thune
• John Cornyn

🚨🗳️VOTE NOW 🗳️ 🚨 Who would you like to be the next Senate leader?

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 8, 2024

At the time of writing, Paul overwhelmingly led the poll with 96.5% of the vote.

144,501 votes were submitted with seven hours remaining.

“Thousands of people have been asking if I’d run for Senate leadership,” Paul said.

“Sure,” Musk replied.

Sure

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 8, 2024