Top Democrat adds he would support tech billionaire ‘sounding the alarm’ to Americans on Trump bill amid feud
A leading elected Democrat rejected the idea of taking campaign donations from tech billionaire Elon Musk, whose spectacular fallout with former ally Donald Trump has roiled American politics.
Trump on Saturday said Musk will face “serious consequences” if he moves to support Democratic political candidates in any upcoming elections, following a public rift between the two men over Musk’s staunch opposition to the cost of US president’s planned piece of landmark domestic legislation.
But Cory Booker, a senator for New Jersey, scotched any idea he would take any Musk cash. “I would not accept money from Elon Musk for my campaign,” Booker told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.
But Booker added, referring to the Republicans budget bill that Musk has criticized, “I would be supportive of anybody, including Elon Musk, putting resources forward right now to let more Americans know, sound the alarm, treat this like a Paul Revere moment.”
