All three audience members said that Elon Musk’s tweet was inaccurate and that the booing drowned out the cheering: 'It was more boos than I'd ever heard ... sustained jeering.'
say Musk’s characterization of the night wasn’t accurate and explained why they felt compelled to heckle the world’s richest man.
“It was more boos than I’d ever heard,” an attendee, Jason, said in a direct message. “Sustained jeering.” Both cheers and boos can be heard in videos of the event, which were viewed millions of times on social media Monday. Later on Twitter, Musk attributed the mixed reception to his recent embrace of conservative politics.
The incident and the audience members’ explanations represent a shifting tide for Musk, who has reached a new level of notoriety since he took over Twitter while vocally supporting conservative causes.
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