‘I Have Worked Closely With Him For 20 Years’: SpaceX President Says She Thinks Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Elon Musk Are False

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SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said she doesn’t believe sexual misconduct allegations against Elon Musk.

“Personally, I believe the allegations to be false,” Shotwell explained, adding that her reasoning is “not because I work for Elon, but because I have worked closely with him for 20 years and never seen nor heard anything resembling these allegations.”

Predictably, right after Elon Musk announced that he believes in free speech and intends to vote Republican in the next election, liberals launched nasty attacks against him.

Business Insider published a hit piece reported that alleges Musk propositioned a former flight attendant for SpaceX while she was giving him a massage.

According to a “friend” of the accuser, Musk “whipped out his penis” and that “it was erect” during the alleged incident.

Musk responded, “But I have a challenge to this liar who claims their friend saw me ‘exposed’ – describe just one thing, anything at all (scars, tattoos, …) that isn’t known by the public. She won’t be able to do so, because it never happened,” Musk responded.

Musk warned that political attacks like this would happen in advance. “Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold,” Musk warned.

Musk, who is the richest person in the world, says he historically has always voted Democrat because he mostly viewed Democrats as the “kindness party.” Now he says they’ve become the “party of division and hate. So I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.”

Just days later, Business Insider has decided to publish a dubious hit piece on him containing sexual harassment allegations. A former SpaceX flight attendant, whose friend apparently went to Business Insider, provided hearsay information, which the outlet published.

Elon allegedly proposed to buy her friend a horse in exchange for sexual favors. This has led to the scandal being called “Elongate” and triggered a new meme:

“If there’s ever a scandal against me, please call it Elongate,” Musk wrote to Twitter in March of 2021.

Musk is fighting back against the attack. “The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens – this is their standard (despicable) playbook – but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech,” Musk responded.

“They began brewing attacks of all kinds as soon as the Twitter acquisition was announced,” Musk explained.

“In my 30 year career, including the entire MeToo era, there’s nothing to report, but, as soon as I say I intend to restore free speech to Twitter & vote Republican, suddenly there is,” he added.

Musk says he intends to challenge this person over the facts:

“Finally, we get to use Elongate as scandal name. It’s kinda perfect,” Musk concluded, while retweeting his old message about using “Elongate”:

Here are some more of the memes: