Musk says he's voting Republican because Dems have become party of 'division and hate'

Earlier this week, Elon Musk -- who has admitted to “overwhelming” voting for Democrats in the past – revealed that he planned on voting for the GOP in the upcoming midterm elections.

On Wednesday, the tech billionaire followed up on his comments and explained that he could no longer vote for the Democratic Party because it is has become the party of “division and hate.”

In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022

“In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party,” Musk tweeted. “But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold.”

Musk previously blasted Twitter's "very far-Left bias" as the reason for his political switch, but admitted he has not backed a GOP candidate before.

“I’m not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear. Now this election I will,” Newsweek reported Musk saying while virtually addressing All-In podcast’s tech summit in Miami on Tuesday.

This is not the first time the Tesla founder’s political allegiances have come under question, however.

In a 2013 Huffington Post interview, Musk revealed that he donated to both the Democratic and Republican parties – although he clarified that he voted for former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, noting that the GOP still falls victim to “corporate evil and religious zealotry," the Washington Examiner reported.

In January 2020 – amid the social unrest surrounding the BLM protests and the presidential election – Musk took to Twitter to say, “the left is losing the middle.”

Musk has also attacked the left in recent years for what he has referred to as the “woke mind virus.”

“[Wokeness] is a prevalent mind virus, and arguably one of the biggest threats to modern civilization,” Musk said late last year. “At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful. It basically gives mean people a reason, it gives them a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue.”