Elon Musk's mother Maye, 76, sparks fury with 'racist' tweet amid presidential election

Elon Musk's parent has sparked fury implicit an disfigured remark she made criticizing a reporter's ethnicity arsenic the contention for the White House heats up. 

Maye Musk, 76, slammed New York Times tech newsman Ryan Mac, claiming helium was readying to people a 'hit piece' connected her lad connected Wednesday, successful the aftermath of the statesmanlike election. 

Musk has been unfastened about his enactment of Donald Trump, with the pair developing a 'bromance' during the past months of campaigning and appearing unneurotic astatine rallies crossed the nation.

'I've heard determination is going to beryllium an Elon deed portion by @RMac18 successful the [New York Times] tomorrow. Sadly, Ryan is an American Vietnamese reporter,' Maye wrote connected Tuesday night.

The remark was shared connected X but appeared to beryllium swiftly deleted. Another writer who saw the station republished it and slammed Maye.

'For the record, Ryan Mac was calved and raised successful California. Not that it matters,' NBC newsman Tyler Kingkade wrote.

'Calling retired a newsman for their taste practice is ne'er appropriate... He besides won a Polk Award. No 1 should ever stake connected his stories being inaccurate.' 

Maye, a published writer and former Democrat voter, said she has fans successful Vietnam who she does not deliberation volition 'believe the nonfiction if it is hateful and/or dishonest.'

Mac himself deed backmost with a pointed station of his own, writing: 'anyone doing immoderate American Vietnamese s**t tonight?' He besides added the operation 'American Vietnamese' to his X bio.

The award-winning writer has covered Musk's exploits since helium purchased Twitter and rebranded to X successful 2022, and that sum has ramped up since the billionaire's endorsement of Donald Trump during this predetermination cycle.

Musk revealed helium was supporting Trump aft the assassination effort successful July, and has since been 1 of the Republican nominee's astir outspoken supporters and generous donors.

He has spent a whopping $119 cardinal on his pro-Trump governmental enactment committee, America PAC, during this predetermination alone. 

Maye defended her remarks aft she was publically slammed, reposting Kingkade's captious comments onto her ain provender connected Tuesday nighttime to slam the New York times for 'lying astir [Elon] for 15 years.

'Ha!' she wrote. 'I mentioned this connected X Spaces with Elon and everyone. They laughed truthful much.

'Nothing new. It indispensable beryllium hard to beryllium hateful and dishonest continuously. Hope Ryan is paid well.' 

Musk revealed that he volition beryllium with Trump connected Tuesday night arsenic the results rotation in.

Speaking connected a Spaces livestream, the world's richest antheral said: 'I'll beryllium determination with President Trump and JD and a clump of different chill people. They person a large consciousness of humor.'

Musk promised last period to springiness distant $1 cardinal daily until Election Day to radical successful plaything states.

According to the America PAC website, 16 people, including 4 successful Pennsylvania, person received the $1 cardinal awards. The winners were reportedly randomly selected among those who signed a petition pledging enactment for escaped code and weapon rights.

The connection was constricted to registered voters successful 1 of 7 states that volition apt determine the result of the Nov. 5 predetermination - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The Justice Department warned Musk and his America PAC past period that the sweepstakes whitethorn interruption national law, which prohibits paying radical to registry to vote.

Trump is starring Harris arsenic of precocious Tuesday nighttime successful the polls.