White Dudes for Harris X account is suspended with organizer saying Elon Musk ‘got scared’ by $4m fundraiser
- by The Independent
- Jul 30, 2024
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— Ross Morales Rocketto (@RossMoRock) July 30, 2024
The reason for the account being blocked is currently unclear and Musk is yet to publicly comment.
The Independent has reached out to both X and White Dudes for Harris for comment.
In the 2020 election, Musk supported President Joe Biden’s campaign before switching allegiance to Trump this year, announcing he did “fully endorse” him after the shooting earlier this month.
The increasingly conservative tech mogul continues to be a staunch critic of both Harris and the Democrats more broadly.
White Dudes for Harris was created in the wake of the vice president kicking off her run for the White House earlier this month, noting that caucasian men play a prominent role in shaping the political landscape.
In 2020, Trump garnered a 17-point margin among white male voters over Biden, securing 57 per cent of the vote to the Democrats’ 40 per cent, according to data from Pew Research Center.
Almost 200,000 people tuned in to the Zoom call on Monday evening in support for Kamala Harris’ presidential bid
(AP)
The White Dudes for Harris website reads that it vows to cut “through the MAGA crap” of Trump’s conservative support base.
“White men have a role to play to elect VP Harris, and we can’t sit on the sidelines anymore,” Rocketto said on LinkedIn over the weekend.
The Zoom call featured elected officials including North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper – who has bowed out of the running as Harris’ potential running mate – former House majority leader Steny Hoyer and potential vice president pick Pete Buttigieg was also on the call.
Cooper, along with others on the call, pushed back against conservatives’ accusations that Harris was a “DEI [diversity ethnicity and inclusion] hire”, saying: “We know better than that, guys.”
Hollywood stars Mark Ruffalo, Josh Gad, Sean Astin, Mark Hamill, and Jeff Bridges – who played ‘The Dude’ in Coen brothers’ 1998 hit, The Big Lebowski – also joined the call.
“I’m white, I’m a dude and I’m for Harris,” Bridges said on the call.
Star Trek Director JJ Abrams reportedly personally chipped in $50,000 to the campaign.
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