"Ax The Itch": Elon Musks Latest Jibe At US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Elon Musk responded to a tweet from a user called Shibetoshi Nakamoto, who shared an image of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dress from last year's event
Elon Musk has often surprised us with his amusing and witty tweets. Keeping the trend going, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO took a dig at an outfit worn by US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the 2021 Met Gala. i am imagining what would happen if you wore this dress to the gala for my own mental amusement pic.twitter.com/hVpT0sh1kK Can only read one side. Looks like “ax the itch”? maybe a variant of the dress that said “i literally paid 11 billion dollars in taxes” If Elon wore that dress, that would've been the best thing ever! Stop hitting on me, I'm really shy ☺️
It began with a video of Mr Musk making funny faces on the Met Gala 2022 red carpet on Monday night. It became a talking point and went viral.
Post that, Twitter user Shibetoshi Nakamoto dug out one of Ms Cortez's photos from last year's event. That's went Mr Musk joined in, and had a hilarious response.
Ms Cortez had worn a white gown with the words, “Tax the Rich”, printed on it at last year's Met Gala.