Musk Urges Tesla Employees to Vote Out ‘Far Left’ Austin DA

  • Billionaire CEO says ‘high time for change’ in staff email
  • Musk expresses support for Democratic candidate Sylestine

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Elon Musk emailed Tesla Inc. employees Tuesday, asking them to vote for a new district attorney in Austin who will “actually prosecute crimes.”

The billionaire chief executive officer said in an email to staff it was “high time for change throughout the world.” He followed it up with another message urging employees, particularly those based around Tesla’s Austin headquarters, to support Jeremy Sylestine, who Musk called a moderate Democrat. Sylestine is seeking to unseat José Garza, also a Democrat, as Travis County DA.