Lefty New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed Monday that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is stupid during a fiery screed that drew mockery from her critics.
“This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed,” Ocasio-Cortez, 35, said during an Instagram Live video session.
“This dude is not smart, and the danger in the lack of intelligence and the lack of expertise that Elon has, I mean, this guy is one of the most morally vacant but also just least knowledgeable about these systems that we know of,” she added, referring to his efforts to reform government spending — which she and her Dem cronies vehemently oppose.
REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: Elon Musk is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I’ve ever met, or seen, or witnessed. You can probably glean this from watching these people on TV. They don’t do their homework. This dude is not smart. The danger in the lack of… pic.twitter.com/zpM2WJaWei
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 4, 2025
The South African-born Musk, 53, moved to the US from Canada in the 1990s and quickly formed the multimillion-dollar company Zip2 before starting another