Our story begins with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in April, with Elon Musk teasing her on Twitter about “hitting” on him.
And as my RedState colleague Nick Arama reported on Friday, Socialist Barbie™ threw a hissy fit last week about selling her Tesla and suggesting she “could care less” — for those you who take writing seriously, that would be “couldn’t care less” — about “billionaire” Musk and “what he thinks.”
Guess what? Elon again returned fire. And this time, my man took it to the paint. Hard.
Musk played off the “politician vs. the billionaire” thing with a simple one-question “poll” on Twitter.
Who do you trust less? Real question.
Politicians: 75.7%
Billionaires: 24.3%
Yup, beyond “oops.” With nearly 3.4 million responses, no less.
Who do you trust less? Real question.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2022
Here’s where it gets really fun. First, Musk:
AOC, I dare you to run the same poll with your followers.
Game on?
.@aoc I dare you to run the same poll with your followers
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2022
While AOC went full-metal crickets after Musk’s poll, Army veteran David Weissman, an opinion writer for Occupy Democrats and self-proclaimed “former Trump supporter, and proud Liberal Dem,” took up Musk’s challenge and created his own Twitter poll — in all its smug-ass glory:
Let's prove how phony the right’s ridiculous polls are by doing one of our own. Who do you trust more @elonmusk @AOC
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 27, 2022
To Weissman’s credit, he took the beatdown like a man by not deleting the results and “taking the L” — although he was completely baffled by the results.
Not sure how this poll flipped but I won’t delete it and will take the L.
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 28, 2022
