Elon Musk’s mother has sparked fury over a nasty comment she made criticizing a journalist’s ethnicity as the race for the White House heats up.
Maye Musk, 76, slammed New York Times tech reporter Ryan Mac, saying he planned to publish a “hit piece” about her son on Wednesday in the wake of the presidential election.
Musk has been open about his support for Donald Trump, and the two developed a “bromance” during the final months of the campaign and appeared together at rallies across the country.
‘I heard there will be a hit Elon article by @RMac18 in the (New York Times) tomorrow. Unfortunately, Ryan is a Vietnamese American journalist,” Maye wrote Tuesday night.
Elon Musk’s mother (pictured together) has sparked fury over a nasty comment she made criticizing a journalist’s ethnicity as the race for the White House heats up.
Maye defended her comments after she was publicly criticized and reposted Kingkade’s critical comments on her own feed Tuesday night to criticize the New York Times for “lying about (Elon) for 15 years.”
The comment was shared on X but appeared to be quickly deleted. Another journalist who saw the post reposted it and harshly criticized Maye.
‘For the record, Ryan Mac was born and raised in California. Not that it matters,” wrote NBC journalist Tyler Kingkade.
‘It is never appropriate to criticize a journalist for their ethnic heritage… He also won a Polk Award. No one should ever bet on their stories being inaccurate.
Maye, a published author and former Democratic voter, said she has supporters in Vietnam who she doesn’t believe “will believe the article if it’s hateful and/or dishonest.”
Mac himself responded with a post of his own, writing, “Is anyone doing any Vietnamese American shit tonight?” He also added the phrase “Vietnamese American” to his biography of X.
The award-winning journalist has covered Musk’s exploits since he bought Twitter and changed its name to X in 2022, and that coverage has increased since the billionaire’s endorsement of Donald Trump during this election cycle.
Mac (pictured) is an award-winning journalist who has covered Musk’s exploits since he bought Twitter and changed its name to X in 2022, and that coverage has increased since the billionaire’s endorsement of Donald Trump during this election cycle.
Mac himself responded with a post of his own, writing, “Is anyone doing any Vietnamese American shit tonight?” He also added the phrase ‘Vietnamese American’ to his biography of X.
Musk revealed that he supported Trump after the assassination attempt in July, and has since been one of the Republican candidate’s most outspoken supporters and generous donors.
He has spent a whopping $119 million on his pro-Trump political action committee, America PAC, during this election alone.
Maye defended her comments after she was publicly criticized and reposted Kingkade’s critical comments on her own feed Tuesday night to criticize the New York Times for “lying about (Elon) for 15 years.”
‘Ha!’ she wrote. ‘I mentioned this on X Spaces with Elon and everyone. They laughed a lot.
‘Nothing new. It must be hard to be continually hateful and dishonest. I hope Ryan gets paid well.
Musk revealed that he will be with Trump on Tuesday night when the results are known.
He announced his support for the former president earlier this year after the July 13 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, despite saying in 2022 that “it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset.”
Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at his election night party at Mar-a-Lago, continuing his aggressive campaign for the Republican candidate.
Speaking on a Spaces livestream, the world’s richest man said: “I’ll be there with President Trump, JD and a bunch of other cool people.” They have a great sense of humour.’
Musk promised last month to donate $1 million a day until Election Day to people in swing states.
According to the America PAC website, 16 people, including four in Pennsylvania, have received $1 million awards. The winners were reportedly selected at random from those who signed a petition pledging support for free speech and the right to bear arms.
The offer was limited to voters registered in one of seven states likely to decide the outcome of the Nov. 5 election: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Justice Department warned Musk and his US PAC last month that the giveaway could violate federal law, which prohibits paying people to register to vote.
Trump leads Harris as of Tuesday night in the polls.