In a new chapter of his ongoing quest to comment on everything from space travel to social media ownership, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has once again entered the political fray. This time, his target was none other than Vice President Kamala Harris—and the ABC moderators who hosted the recent presidential debate between her and Donald Trump.
Musk, who seems to tweet with the same enthusiasm as he launches rockets, wasted no time in weighing in on the debate. In a late-night post, Musk quipped, “Kamala didn’t need to debate Trump. She had the ABC moderators do that for her while she babbled like an idiot.”
This was no throwaway tweet. It was a Muskian classic—short, brutal, and guaranteed to fuel the fires of political chaos for days to come. But the question remains: was the SpaceX and Tesla CEO onto something, or was he just firing off another spicy hot take to stir the pot?
In Musk’s defense, many viewers of the debate felt that the ABC moderators—David Muir and Linsey Davis—were a little too eager to jump in on Harris’s behalf. It wasn’t exactly the steel cage match that some had been hoping for.
As Trump began to trot out his usual talking points about the economy, immigration, and rally sizes, the moderators were quick to push back—sometimes before Harris even had a chance to respond. “Mr. Trump, that’s not accurate,” Muir said during one particularly heated exchange on the economy, leaving Harris standing there, smiling politely, as if she were simply waiting for her coffee order to be ready.
It didn’t take long for Twitter, led by none other than Musk himself, to light up with claims that the moderators were running interference for Harris. “Kamala didn’t need to bring her A-game,” Musk tweeted. “ABC was playing defense for her. If I were Trump, I’d ask for a 2v1 rematch.”
While some were quick to dismiss Musk’s comments as yet another instance of the billionaire trolling the political establishment, others admitted that the debate did seem more like a team sport at times—with Harris and the moderators forming an unlikely tag team.
Of course, Musk didn’t stop at criticizing the moderators. His real beef was with Harris herself, who, according to him, “babbled like an idiot” during much of the debate.
