Twitter CEO Elon Musk issued a terse reply to the Biden Administration’s Pride Month initiatives aimed at LGBTQ+ children. The initiatives, which included efforts to expand the LGBTQ+ community, drew a pointed response from Musk, who took to Twitter to express his views.
On June 12, the White House tweeted in support of the LGBTQI+ community, stating, “To the LGBTQI+ Community – the Biden-Harris Administration has your back.”
The next day, Musk retorted with an impactful statement: “You are the government. They are NOT your kids.”
You are the government.
They are NOT your kids.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2023
Musk’s tweet, which has garnered millions of views and hundreds of thousands of interactions, has sparked a broad debate online. He encapsulates the perspective of many- that the government is overstepping its bounds in terms of its role in the lives of children.
Musk has chimed in on this issue before. Back in April the Twitter CEO replied to an open question posed by online commentator Matt Wallace, reading, “Should permanent gender surgeries for little kids be banned immediately?”
“Absolutely,” Musk emphatically wrote.
Absolutely
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 19, 2023
REACTIONS:
— YAF (@yaf) June 14, 2023
Parents own the mind, ass and life of THEIR child. Parents decide what they watch, what they read, what they eat, when they can leave, where they can go and anything else they decide for THEIR child.
Who do you think you are that you have any kind of right to tell a parent…
— 𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒆 (@TheJeremyJoe) June 14, 2023
That's the goal of communism. They want the government to replace parents. They want everyone completely reliant on mommy and daddy government.
— Pro Swing Trading 📈😎🇺🇸 (@Pro__Trading) June 14, 2023
— Mr. Sausage (@MrSausageGet) June 14, 2023