Elon Musk has issued a challenge to Joe Biden’s handlers while publicly revealing that the Democrat president doesn’t have access to his own Twitter accounts.
Musk responded to a tweet from President Biden’s personal @JoeBiden account that pushed the Democrats’ false narrative about taxes.
“It’s about time the super-wealthy start paying their fair share,” Biden’s account tweeted Saturday afternoon.
It’s about time the super-wealthy start paying their fair share.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 18, 2023
Musk has frequently been a target of the Democrats’ false claims that he doesn’t pay his “fair share” of taxes.
However, Musk’s personal taxes have been record-breaking.
About two hours after the tweet from “Biden,” Musk responded with an unusual challenge.
He dared Biden’s handlers to give the president access to his social media account.
The comment not-so-subtly revealed that Biden is not the person posting from his account.
For regular Slay News readers, however, it’s hardly surprising that the gaffe-prone octogenarian doesn’t come up with tweets on his own.
But for Biden’s supporters, it may likely come as a shock.
“Please give him the password so he can do his own tweets,” Musk wrote, responding to the tweet from “Biden.”
“Please, I’m begging you!”
Please give him the password, so he can do his own tweets. Please, I’m begging you!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 18, 2023
Musk’s challenge spurred a number of responses ranging from those mocking Biden to others angry about the state of the nation.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s quipped that the Democrats’ definition of “super-wealthy” is “those who have more money than @JoeBiden.”
Others posted screenshots of the national debt clock.
After the remark about Biden not writing his own tweets, Musk took on a more sober tone.
He slammed excess government spending, saying that the burden is carried by those who can least afford it.
Musk also included a prediction that the status quo would win the day.
“In all seriousness, I agree that we should make elaborate tax-avoidance schemes illegal, but acting upon that would upset a lot of donors, so we will see words, but no action,” Musk wrote.
“Those who will actually be forced to carry the burden of excess government spending are lower to middle-income wage earners, as they cannot escape payroll tax.”
In all seriousness, I agree that we should make elaborate tax-avoidance schemes illegal, but acting upon that would upset a lot of donors, so we will see words, but no action.
Those who will actually be forced to carry the burden of excess government spending are lower to…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 18, 2023
March 18, President Biden tweeted that the average tax billionaires pay is 3%, including the same “pay your fair share” verbiage as Saturday’s tweet.
That tweet earned a “Community Note,” which is Twitter’s crowd-sourced version of a fact-checking service.
Look, I think you should be able to be a billionaire if you can earn it, but just pay your fair share.
I think you ought to pay a minimum tax of 25%.
It’s about basic fairness. pic.twitter.com/oHgreYCdUz
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 18, 2023
“I paid more income tax than anyone ever in the history of Earth for 2021 and will do that again in 2022,” Musk tweeted in response, adding that he also said he paid 53% taxes on his Tesla stock options, which “must be lifting the average.”
I paid 53% taxes on my Tesla stock options (40% Federal & 13% state), so I must be lifting the average!
I also paid more income tax than anyone ever in the history of Earth for 2021 and will do that again in 2022.@CommunityNotes, is the 3% number cited above accurate?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 18, 2023
In 2021, Musk said he paid over $11 billion in taxes.
For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2021
