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Twitter poll meant to expose Elon Musk as “phony” backfires

After nearly 3.4 million responses noting they trust politicians less, Musk challenged Ocasio-Cortez to do her own poll for comparison

Newsroom May 31 10:12

A Twitter poll designed to “prove how phony the right’s ridiculous polls are” appeared to backfire when more than 81% of respondents said they trust Tesla CEO Elon Musk over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

The poll came in response to a tweet posted by Musk on Thursday in which he asked his 95.6 million followers whether they trust politicians or billionaires less.

.@aoc I dare you to run the same poll with your followers

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2022

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After nearly 3.4 million responses noting they trust politicians less, Musk challenged Ocasio-Cortez to do her own poll for comparison.

Ocasio-Cortez has not responded to Musk, but Army veteran David Weissman, an opinion writer for Occupy Democrats and self-proclaimed “former Trump supporter, and proud Liberal Dem,” took notice and created his own Twitter poll.

Read more: Washington Examiner

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