{"id":359758,"date":"2026-06-13T22:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/359758\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:49:21","slug":"shocking-three-word-tweet-aimed-at-elon-musk-unearthed-that-critics-claim-cost-california-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/359758\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking three-word tweet aimed at Elon Musk unearthed that critics claim cost California billions"},"content":{"rendered":"

A profane tweet aimed at Elon Musk that eventually led him to leave California has resurfaced after the SpaceX founder became a trillionaire with his company\u2019s record-breaking IPO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Experts say the Golden State lost out on billions<\/a> when Musk relocated his multi-trillion business empire, which includes Tesla and X, to Texas.<\/p>\n

\"Elon<\/p>\n

Elon Musk AP Photo\/Matt Rourke<\/p>\n

Now, a six-year-old tweet by the head of California\u2019s labor unions is getting new attention for the effect it had on Musk taking his electric-car company out of the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cF\u2014 Elon Musk,\u201d California Federation of Labor Unions President Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher tweeted in May 2020.<\/p>\n

A day later, Musk replied simply: \u201cMessage received.\u201d<\/p>\n

He later appeared to confirm that Fletcher\u2019s post convinced him to relocate Tesla to Texas, replying \u201cExactly\u201d<\/a> to an article stating that her attack caused him to make the move.<\/p>\n

\"Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Gonzalez Fletcher\u2019s old tweet has resurfaced amid SpaceX\u2019s IPO. X\/@lorenasgonzalez<\/p>\n

\u201cThis single tweet cost California hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, revenue, and jobs,\u201d investment banker <\/a>John LeFevre wrote on X Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCostliest tweet in California\u2019s history,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Message received\u2019 may be the most expensive political own-goal in California history,\u201d a third wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow you feeling about this post today, Lorena? You screwed California,\u201d another chimed in.<\/p>\n

Musk left the Golden State for a variety of reasons as his politics diverged away<\/a> from Democrats. He said California had become too \u201ccomplacent\u201d in trying to win over businesses and claimed the \u201cfinal straw\u201d was a California law banning school districts from requiring parents to be notified of a change in their child\u2019s gender identification.<\/p>\n

\"Then-Assemblywoman<\/p>\n

Then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, in 2015. San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images<\/p>\n

He also had a spat with California lawmakers over restarting his Tesla factory in California during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

On Friday, California Democrats including Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized Musk\u2019s new trillionaire status.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans are struggling to pay for groceries and gas while Elon Musk becomes a TRILLIONAIRE,\u201d Newsom posted on X. \u201cWhen the federal government is for sale, the rich get richer and everyone else gets shafted. The system is rigged.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Fletcher praised Newsom\u2019s attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like THIS Gavin Newsom,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cNow, what are we going to do about it?\u201d<\/p>\n

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