Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro supplies statements at an expense finalizing occasion at Cheyney University, an HBCU in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATE, August 2, 2024.
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PHILIPSBURG, Pa.–Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro verified to NBC News on Wednesday that he talked to technology magnate Elon Musk on Sunday– yet stated national politics never ever showed up.
NBC News reported Tuesday that Musk called Shapiro while he went to the Pittsburgh Steelers-Dallas Cowboys video game in Pittsburgh over the weekend break. The 2 were linked by Thomas Tull, a Hollywood producer-turned-investor, in whose box Musk was resting.
“ââThomas and Elon were at the Steelers game together and called me about some ideas that Elon Musk has in investing in Pennsylvania, creating jobs and economic opportunity, and I was pleased to hear about it,” Shapiro stated after an occasion in Centre County advertising Pennsylvania State Parks.
Musk, a Trump supporter that is pouring money into a pro-Trump super PAC he created called America POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, gets on contrary sides of the political range from Shapiro, a popular backer of Vice President Kamala Harris that was as soon as thought about to be on a list to be her operating companion.
Shapiro recognized the political break in between him and Musk, claiming, “We obviously didn’t talk about politics” on Sunday’s telephone call.
“We focused on what I try and do every single day, which is bringing jobs and economic opportunity and growth to Pennsylvania. And I want to see more investment, especially in southwestern Pennsylvania,” he included.
Pressed concerning whether he has any type of worries concerning Musk’s background of anti-union remarks, Shapiro stated he assumes “the union way of life is critically important. They helped build our middle class and they strengthen Pennsylvania, so I’m going to continue to stand with our unions.”
In August, after a two-hour public discussion on X in between Trump and Musk, the United Auto Workers union submitted government labor fees versus both guys for remarks they made on the system concerning shooting employees that intimidate to strike.
The National Labor Relations Board has actually additionally two times discovered that Tesla breached labor legislations, as soon as in 2018, when Musk examined in a tweet why Tesla employees would certainly intend to pay union charges, and as soon as in 2021, when the firm discharged a union protestor.
The telephone call in between Musk and Shapiro came much less than one month prior to Election Day, as both governmental projects are increase their initiatives in battlefield Pennsylvania, which might be vital to either prospect’s course to triumph. Musk himself is readied to project in the state in support of Trump, a reality Trump highlighted at a rally Wednesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he called Musk “fantastic.”
“He’s going to do a lot. He’s going to be involved,” Trump informed fans. “You know, he’s in Pennsylvania now campaigning, Elon Musk, because he feels so strongly.”
Shapiro has actually been barnstorming the state for Harris, while Musk participated in a rally with Trump over the weekend in Butler, a city north of Pittsburgh that was the website of an effort to execute Trump on July 13.
Musk, the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Tesla and proprietor of X and SpaceX, has connections to the state because he participated in the University ofPennsylvania He officially backed Trump after the capturing in Butler.
Musk is “sort of a reclusive kind of a guy. He’s incredible. He’s a total genius,” Trump informed fans in Scranton onWednesday “We have to take care of our geniuses.”
