Elon Musk Hastily Deleted Tweet Saying ‘LIBERTY’ After Calling Lockdowns ‘Fascist’
The Tesla founder tweeted the word in all caps, alongside several American flag emoji and a picture of a unicorn swearing. It was taken down within two hours.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk continued to challenge the lockdown measures across the U.S. by tweeting the word “LIBERTY” — before quickly deleting it.
In the early hours of Thursday, , alongside several American flag emoji and a picture of a unicorn swearing. It was taken down within two hours.
A day earlier, during a Tesla conference call, and said they were imprisoning people in their homes.
“Frankly, I would call it forcible imprisoning of people in their homes against all of their constitutional rights, in my opinion,” he said during the Tesla meeting. “It’s breaking people’s freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why they came to America or built this country. What the f—. Excuse me. Outrage. Outrage.”
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Though the American public is still thought to largely support most of the U.S.’s social-distancing measures, the billionaire has become especially vocal on social media as . Earlier this week, in a tweet that hasn’t been taken down.
Last week, Tesla defied California instructions to keep its staff to a minimum until May 4 by announcing that some of its employees would return to work on April 29. But on Tuesday, the company said it was canceling those plans.
On Wednesday, the company , despite being forced to close its main factory in California because of the coronavirus crisis.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk continued to challenge the lockdown measures across the U.S. by tweeting the word “LIBERTY” — before quickly deleting it.
In the early hours of Thursday, , alongside several American flag emoji and a picture of a unicorn swearing. It was taken down within two hours.
A day earlier, during a Tesla conference call, and said they were imprisoning people in their homes.
