Elon Musk Responds to a Proposed Date With AOC

The centrist-leaning-conservative CEO of Tesla and the standard bearer of the Democratic Party progressives regularly clash on Twitter. Now what?

They would no doubt form an unusual couple. 

Elon Musk, the billionaire serial entrepreneur, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), an icon of the left wing, are, to say the least, opponents. 

They are both pro-climate. That's about where the agreement ends.

AOC has built her political nest by attacking the rich. In 2021 she notably made a splash by appearing at the posh Met Gala in a dress on which was written "Tax the Rich." AOC and her peer progressives, like the powerful Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), that the wealthy use loopholes in the tax system to avoid paying taxes.

Musk is the world's second-richest man. Full stop.

The Billionaire vs. the 'Woke Mind Virus'

"Elon Musk didn't make it on his own. He got huge investments from the government, from taxpayers, from those public-school teachers and those minimum-wage workers who have been paying their taxes all along," Warren said in March 2022 in response to a question about her criticism of Musk. 

"All we're saying is that when you make it to the top, pay something in so everybody else gets a share," she said. 

Musk, with a net worth of $178 billion as of March 6, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has consistently dismissed criticism about paying enough taxes.

For Musk, AOC is the face of the "woke mind virus," or progressive ideology, that he is determined to defeat in the new culture war. 

Musk is single, having been thrice-divorced, twice from the same woman. He has nine kids. And AOC has a partner.

Given this context, it's difficult to imagine Musk, 51, and AOC, 33, forming a couple. But that didn't stop a Twitter account backed by Tesla-Musk fans from suggesting that the billionaire and AOC go on a date. 

Musk regularly interacts with the authors of the Teslaconomics Twitter account, which for months has floated this idea. It's unclear whether the idea of the two dating is a joke -- it's certainly highly unlikely -- but whoever's behind Teslaconomics has once again broached the subject with Musk.

'I'm Not Cool Enough'

"Elon, when’s the date with AOC? @elonmusk $TSLA," Teslaconomics tweeted at Musk on March 6.

"Alas she would never date me I’m not cool enough