By way of Alexandra UlmerLAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Longshot U.S. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy showed to Reuters on Saturday that Tesla Inc Leader Government Elon Musk attended a fundraiser for him in Northern California.”He confirmed up past due at night time and we had a dialog,” Ramaswamy mentioned in an interview on the Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) weekend donor collecting in Las Vegas.Puck, a virtual media staff, reported this month that Musk had just lately attended a fundraiser in Silicon Valley hosted by means of prolific SPAC investor Chamath Palihapitiya.Requested about whether or not Musk may donate to him, Ramaswamy mentioned “my simplest discussions with Elon were about… cultural course for the rustic.””He and I are increasingly more by myself on this global as being unfastened speech absolutists and that I believe isn’t like a large number of other folks in each events. I believe that is one thing he and I see eye to eye on,” Ramaswamy mentioned.Reuters was once now not instantly in a position to request a remark from Musk. An electronic mail to an deal with connected to Palihapitiya was once now not instantly responded.Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has additionally been noticed to be relationship Musk, whom Forbes says is the arena’s richest guy with an estimated $222 billion in wealth.Musk mentioned in June 2022 that he might make stronger DeSantis for president in 2024, and DeSantis went on to carry a glitchy release to his presidential bid on Musk’s social media website X, up to now referred to as Twitter.Since, Ramaswamy has held his personal X Areas speaking occasions with Musk. “Confidently we can perform a little extra of the ones X Areas,” he mentioned on Saturday.(Reporting by means of Alexandra Ulmer; Modifying by means of David Gregorio)
