Tesla Boss Elon Musk said on Thursday that he “would prefer to stay out of politics” after Texas Governor Greg Abbott cited Musk’s support as he defended the state’s restrictive new anti-abortion law.
You need to understand that there’s a lot of businesses and a lot of Americans who like the social positions that the state of Texas is taking,” Abbott said. “This is not slowing down businesses coming to the state of Texas at all. In fact it is accelerating the process of businesses coming to Texas.”

Abbott cited Musk — whose companies, Tesla Inc. TSLA, -0.23% and SpaceX, have Texas facilities — as an example.

“Elon had to get out of California because, in part, of the social policies in California,” he said. Abbott said he speaks with Musk “frequently,” and “Elon consistently tells me that he likes the social policies in the state of Texas.”

In a tweet about two hours after that interview, Musk tried to avoid controversy.

“In general, I believe government should rarely impose its will upon the people, and, when doing so, should aspire to maximize their cumulative happiness,” Musk tweeted. “That said, I would prefer to stay out of politics.”
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