Los Angeles Times
October 9, 2021
“Our regulatory environment helped create that company and grow that company,” Newsom said. “I have reverence and deep respect for that individual. But I also have deep reverence and respect for this state and what we’ve done.”
Newsom was asked whether a tweet sent last year by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez in which she invoked Musk’s name with an expletive was appropriate or contributed to his decision to move to Texas. Musk tweeted “exactly” on Friday when the comments were pointed out in a blog about the move.
“I receive tweets like that probably on an hourly basis and I’m staying here,” Newsom said.