McCarthy Says White House Should ‘Stop Picking on Elon Musk’
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- Twitter owner urged voters to back GOP in November midterms
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the media after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Nov. 29.
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy accused the White House of unfairly targeting Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk over his political views, calling it “offensive.”
“The government’s going to go after someone who wants to have free speech? What do they have to look at Twitter about?,” McCarthy said Tuesday outside the White House following a meeting with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders.