Elon Musk calls Biden and the Democratic Party ‘union-controlled’

• Elon Musk spoke about the Democratic Party and unions in Silicon Valley interview.
• Tesla was excluded from a White House electric vehicle event due to its lack of unionisation.
• The company has made two-thirds of all electric vehicles in the U.S., but is not unionized.

Elon Musk slammed the Democratic Party, in the second part of the long discussion with the Elon Musk Silicon Valley club.

Musk used the opportunity to express his thoughts about the Democratic Party, their ties with labour unions, and Tesla’s exclusion from a White House electric vehicle event due to the company’s lack of unionisation.

Musk took particular issue with the Democratic Party’s strong relationship with the union leadership.

“The general public is not aware of the degree to which unions control the Democratic Party. One does not need to speculate on this point,” Musk told the interviewers.

Tesla and SpaceX, Musk’s two most visible businesses, are not unionised. Musk attributes this to “negative unemployment” in the Bay Area, claiming that Tesla employees generally have many job offers.

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He continued, “Last year, Biden held an EV summit where Tesla was explicitly not allowed to come, but the [United Auto Workers] was. So, Tesla has made two-thirds of all the electric vehicles in the United States.”

The UAW is one of the most well-organized and politically influential unions in the United States, with clout in both political parties.

“So, deliberately excluding us from an EV summit at the White House — but including UAW — tells you everything you need to know,” Musk said.

The Tesla CEO has previously shown his dislike for the UAW.

In March, he took a shot at the United Auto Workers over allegations of embezzlement against one of its former officials.

Reacting to the news, Musk quipped that UAW’s slogan ought to be: “Fighting for the right to embezzle money from autoworkers.”

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