Elon Musk: I Entered Politics Because America’s Democracy Is at Risk

Elon Musk: I stepped into politics because democracy is on the line.

“I really would prefer not to be in politics at all. The reason that I have stepped into the political arena this time is because I think the stakes are extremely fundamental.

I think democracy is on the line. I think the Constitution is on the line. I fear that if Trump does not win, we're going to have a single-party state, and it's going to be like California, but actually worse than California.

Because the one thing that keeps California from going even further than they do go is that people can move out of California and still be in America. But if you've got no place to move, then it's going to be much worse than California.

That's the danger that we face: An oppressive totalitarian state that has extreme restrictions on freedom of speech, that continues extreme overregulation, that just basically makes government even bigger than it is today and takes away the liberty of the people.

It was not something I wanted to do, but I felt it was critical to do it, or America is not going to be America.”

Pittsburgh, October 20, 2024