While many politicians in blue states reject the economic benefits of a political partnership with Elon Musk, Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro isn’t holding back.
According to NBC, Shapiro received a call from Musk on Sunday after billionaire Thomas Tull connected with the pair while they were watching a Pittsburgh Steelers game together. reported.
“Thomas and Elon were watching a Steelers game together and Elon Musk called me with an idea to invest in Pennsylvania and create jobs and economic opportunity,” Shapiro said, according to NBC. I was happy to hear that.”
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The seemingly productive conversation has put Mr. Shapiro at odds with his out-of-state contemporaries, some of whom flatly refuse to associate with Mr. Musk.
The California Coastal Commission went so far as to reject the U.S. Air Force’s plan to give Musk’s SpaceX the ability to launch rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, Politico. reported Thursday.
The committee rejected the plan 6-4, with one member citing Elon Musk’s tweets as part of the reason.
According to Politico, Secretary of State Gretchen Newsom said, “Elon Musk flies around the country spewing political falsehoods and tweets while claiming he wants to help hurricane victims get free access to the Starlink internet.” , attacking FEMA.”
Mr. Shapiro is on Kamala Harris’ list of running mate candidates, and is on the opposite political spectrum from Mr. Musk, who supports Mr. Trump, but he doesn’t let that get in the way of business. There wasn’t.
“Obviously we didn’t talk about politics,” Shapiro said, according to NBC. (Related: New poll brings even more bad news for Harris weeks after election)
“We focused on what I strive to do every day: bring jobs and economic opportunity and growth to Pennsylvania,” he said.
Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Musk are primarily campaigning for their candidates in Pennsylvania, seen as the most important battleground state.
Musk appeared with Trump on Saturday back in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was nearly assassinated in July, and called the upcoming election “the most important election of our lifetime.”
Meanwhile, Shapiro attended a Harris campaign event in Pittsburgh on Thursday night with former President Barack Obama. According to Go to Well News.
