Musk to move SpaceX and X headquarters to Texas in protest over California's gender identity law

On Tuesday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he was moving his companies X and Space X from California to Texas. Musk has said that the relocation of his two companies' headquarters is in protest at a new gender identity law in California which he opposes.
On Monday, July 15th, California's Democratic Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed new legislation on gender identity. The bill makes California the first US state to ban schools from informing parents of their child's desire to change their gender identity, or be addressed by different pronouns or names. LGBTQ+ organizations say the law protects transgender children living in hostile family situations. Since the bill was signed into law, a southern California school district has sued Gov. Newsom, claiming the law undermines the parent-child relationship. Emily Rae, a lawyer representing the school district, has said that "school officials do not have the right to keep secrets from parents, but parents do have a constitutional right to know what their minor children are doing at school."
Among the critics, Elon Musk has described the new law as an 'attack' on families, and said he would take his businesses to conservative Texas, which also has a lower corporate tax rate.
DW interviews Saul Gonzalez, journalist, and host of "The California Report" on Elon Musk's decision.
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[@KnowledgeNerd123]

I'm with Elon on this one. Finally someone is saying no to this insane gender BS

[@twochips1637]

Pfp checks out

[@divinerespect309]

Elon for Trump donation $180 million to pac. California democratic state Texas Republicans state. This is why the move. Let's make a deal game.

[@venkatsantoshd]

A person born in Africa talking about cultural wars in america 😂😂😂😂

[@twochips1637]

Blatant racism here folks

[@FreshGuava161]

@@twochips1637 Ain't the left beautiful

[@RideshareOtter]

money ... it's only about the money ... don't kid yourself

[@JamesBurdon-gu5yu]

Cope.

[@robhappe2705]

Get your factories out of Germany and China Elon.

[@rs1357]

lol china dooesn't give a f to these woke stuff😂

[@PentagonalAntiprism]

Just move it to Mars! 🤣

[@rorytribbet6424]

Can’t it be both??

[@andrewthomas695]

Sure. But it's usually the money. This is America.

[@raquetdude]

It’s both… remember he HATES that one of his oldest children is trans and disowned his surname… aka he hates peoples identity and freedom.

[@gotwalk]

Where did you get this information?

[@nigelgarrett7970]

​@@gotwalk How about BBC News, 21 June 2022?

[@OneLine122]

It's neither. He decided this when a court stopped him from having a bonus bigger than his company's lifetime profits. Supposedly the laws in Texas are different. I doubt Musk pays any taxes anyway, and his companies don't either because not profitable.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

His company? What company is that? It cannot be Tesla, because I am part owner of that company.

[@damham5689]

​​@@JanBruunAndersendoes the board drop their pants and grab ankle when you walk in like they do with Elon ? If not, its not your company. Your just part of Elons go fund me account.

[@lesliespeaker668]

@@JanBruunAndersen He's taking out of your pocket! Your company, your pocket. He's moving to Texas so he can get more money than your company makes a profit. You are happy getting robbed. Because you love the guy who is in charge of "your" company. Isn't that an abusive relationship? Kinky.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

@@lesliespeaker668 - I have nothing against a CEO that has lead Tesla to a place where the shares I bought back in 2018 at a split-adjusted price of $15 per share is now worth $250 per share, meaning my investment is up 593 %.

[@lesliespeaker668]

@@JanBruunAndersen As long as you know when to sell, good on you.

[@konmoe121]

Space Karen.

[@MaetelL111]

Please, it’s mainly the taxes. Ironic for a man who took so many government subsidies funded by the taxpayer to keep his businesses afloat and/or make them successful. But I guess that’s just greed in action.

[@deepfriedbrainforlunch]

He would do it anyway, so he can save money. so he uses it for this topic, he should not even talk about politics, he is a nut job

[@andrewthomas695]

Honestly, I can't tell who the nut jobs are anymore. I am not even sure if I am. And I am not trying to be funny.

[@peterfyal4998]

​@@andrewthomas695 learn history and understand who is subverting the culture.

[@Garmonbozia-nc7mm]

The law is problematic. The whole gender thing at this point would have you believe the percentage of the human population that has a non binary affiliation is larger than reality. And there are laws for minors for a reason….parents have to be involved.

[@andrewthomas695]

@@peterfyal4998 That's easy. Follow the money. The culture wars are a distraction for us peasants.

[@ciaranbrk]

I'm by no means conservative but this law makes no sense a child is a child until they are 18. Until they are 18 their parent should know what's going on with their own child.

[@presbiteroo]

Parents should talk to their kids, ask them, pay attention to what is going on, not use teachers as an intermediary. And they can still call the teacher and ask them, it's just not mandatory for the teacher to reach out for the parents.

[@majidmhome]

​@presbiteroo they are heavily indoctrinating kids into the cult of woke now with this law they can hide when indoctrination is successful.

[@ciaranbrk]

@@presbiteroo I know that I'm sure many parents do talk to their kids however their parents should be told if something is going on with their child.

[@tip0019]

You are just using logic. Logic is far away on these topics. People like Presbiteroo below are just gone down the rabbit-hole, can't be saved anymore with simple logic. 😑 Imagine this kind of awkwardness regarding something like bullying on school or just having a child with some mild ADHD. Let's not inform the lawfully responsible people of any conditions anymore. Logic indeed!

[@presbiteroo]

@@tip0019 it's not about logic the fact that I can't be convinced, it's just that nobody can be convinced from a KZbin comment. I actually try to go for drinks with people that think differently than me. When you are facing someone for real, the discourse is so much better. And we find points to agree with. Take care ;).

[@10-OSwords]

"Businessman"? I think you meant NEPO BABY & venture capitalist who's never invented anything.

[@AmonTheWitch]

I love how he's proving his Daughter right day after day.

[@jebbo-c1l]

​@@dustintacohands1107 pray to god you'll never have kids

[@AmonTheWitch]

@@jebbo-c1l if they do they'll just blame their kids for never visiting or even just texting them once they're finally out of that house 💀

[@coolbreeze3]

As an educator all this does is allow students to put their chosen name in (parenthesis) after their legal name. We don’t control what a student goes by gender wise. I don’t even think this is on rosters anymore. He’s making a big deal over nothing. And this is helpful for educators & students alike. Let him enjoy Texas. We’re a large economy so we don’t care.

[@nuqwestr]

I'm in California, the New Math Framework being adopted is all "Woked" up and full of DEI standards, not math standards. There's even an online petition by educators against it. The Framework went through anyway. It's not just the pronouns in California which once had the highest test scores, but now near the bottom. Seeya Elon.

[@_KEN_guru]

He is on narcotics. He used to suffer from compulsory sexual behaviour (look up the case of his private jet stewardess). Just look up the NAMES that HE gave to his children. He is crazy.

[@nuqwestr]

@@_KEN_guru You mean like Benjamín Franklin and Bill Clinton?

[@nigelgarrett7970]

​@@nuqwestr Have you tried reading it, as opposed to just listening to what other people say about it for their own reasons? And can you tell me why in California two out of three students didn't meet the math standards? (Source: LA Times, 24 Oct 2022)

[@nuqwestr]

@@nigelgarrett7970 I read it online two years ago, it was available on the California Education website. I'm well-versed and joined the petition effort SaveMath. You can, too.

[@venal7]

He is using this as an excuse. It is lower taxes. Really who cares how people live. All you folks that are all up about all this need to find a hobby or a passion other than the most simplistic thing to annoyed at. Go do your research into the worst job markets, lowest test scores, most unemployed, etc. majority are republic states.

[@carmenvelez3327]

Really???!! Elon Musk is the moral compass??😂😂😂😂😂😮😮😮😢😢😢😅😅😅

[@mgordon1713]

It's not about moral. It's about the insanity of the woke.

[@waitandhope]

Weird

[@JamesBurdon-gu5yu]

Is your ideology

[@WeWander2]

It's a lunatic. You can let him play with your money. He would be better off if we didn't know his name

[@raquetdude]

Rights of parents VS rights of parents to abuse their children behind closed doors for not being exactly like themselves.

[@robertjamesonmusic]

Right? All he’s doing it is making some poor soul life more difficult out there.

[@sharinawatkins6739]

your logic is just insane. truly.

[@nuqwestr]

"abuse"? So the State should have control of all children. Gee, who in Germany once said that?

[@Harrock]

😂 OMG how old is This dude ? 12 ? What a childish behaviour ....

[@highfps_pcgaming8836]

What i learned aboat him is that he is 12 ,and can be easily controlled and manipulated,doing the right thing or not,unfortunately the politics is at play not human rights or god Elon brainwashed by the trump familly,and they know how to weaponiz a person,they leaned this from dictators

[@soundscape26]

Elon Musk has the emotional intelligence of a 14 y.o.

[@mrfitz96]

So Musk is making major corporate decisions based on his personal ideology and grudges. If I was a shareholder or employee I'd be really pissed.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

I am a Tesla shareholder, and I am not the least pissed. Quite the contrary. I applaud this move.

[@mrfitz96]

@@JanBruunAndersen sure, you're so completely unconcerned by everything that you made a point of replying to a random post that was slightly critical of Musk.

[@peabase]

@@JanBruunAndersen We can only conclude that you're not an investor who's bothered by such things as ROI.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

@@peabase - I am up 229 % on my active investment account for the last 5 years, 593 % on my secondary account (also 5 years), and I am up 12 % per year on my pension account that I started 30 years ago. I think that is a very satisfying ROI for an amateur investor.

[@lesliespeaker668]

Not really. That's what he maybe want you to think his motives are. It's because of taxes. And he's using marginalized children as scapegoats. He wants you to talk about gender identity instead of tax evasion. And both the left and the right are doing his bidding. You guys need to learn to pay more attention. Don't listen to what they say but instead pay attention to what they do and with whom they align themselves, and why.

[@TheOpinionatedGuitarist]

You’re VERY ill informed. There are no natzis in Ukraine.

[@nooraldeenjordan7219]

We are with Elon

[@qf4543]

So schools can install a different value set to the childs parents and the schools can hide it

[@stewlew8449]

The children want to hide it from parents. Because the parents want to impose their values on the child and the child has no say in it

[@JanBruunAndersen]

I don't know about X, but SpaceX is definitely NOT his company. He might be the majority share holder, but he is not the only shareholder.

[@robinhood2008]

Nobody cares.

[@kidmohair8151]

it's only ever about $$ for the chief musketeer

[@hustlersgame8759]

Great job

[@p2va73xc6j3]

motivated by hate.

[@Uncaged_cricket]

Nope. Lying or keeping info from parents is wrong. Period. It’s a set-up for literal grooming behavior.

[@keithsummers_]

Wrong. You’ve obviously have never had to call CPS because a student was outed to their parent and the parent sent the kid back to school with bruises and then ended taking their life 3 months later because the parents could not be supportive of their child and give them the space to grow because of the conflict with their own ideologies. It’s heartbreaking and devastating on so many levels.

[@Wild8Cat]

Musk has always been motivated by self interest. He goes where he can gain the most.

[@my_planet3546]

please save Bangladeshi student 😢🙏🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Elon just invests. He expects huge profits from the "donations".

[@tomhenry897]

It’s the money

[@mrnoedahl]

Please someone with some intelligence tell me how I can tell what gender I am?

[@mardicole2534]

He is a total waste of space (pun intended) - changes his ideas and political stances as often as I change my underwear. So Musk is going to move all his operations to Texas. What happens to all his employees who have homes, children in schools, families, etc. and have established a life in the State of California (possibly for a lifetime) - is he going to force them to move or be out of a job? I used to hold him in high regard but now he could not be lower in my estimation.

[@saintric7282]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow Title

[@qf4543]

So kids are protected to lie to their parents

[@L1VE3V1L]

Both

[@construccion1]

lol

[@sharinawatkins6739]

both. and its a massive loss for california either way.

[@100M2B]

Why not buy an island and move there?

[@zubversivezigotto9731]

Culture war or tax, most likely both and anyway what difference does it make, he's taking his business out of California because California his in decay. He's damn right about it !

[@sitanshurai892]

Exactly. He clearly said the same in so little words in his tweet. I don’t support the man but the decline of California is visible even to the outsiders.

[@HolloMatlala1]

I was just joking😓😓😓😓.

[@LostGenerationn]

Gaymerica

[@GPSniper1]

It is his money and his company. People complain too much.

[@presbiteroo]

We are not complaining, we are laughing at the nonsense.

[@peabase]

Are you saying Musk Industries doesn't have shareholders? Make that worried shareholders.

[@curiouspeople6441]

It’s both 😊

[@fppgaming3288]

I wish people would use the name I coined for him: the Elongated Muskovite

[@choopa1670]

I fully support and endorse Elon and his decisions.

[@paulhargreaves1497]

He's so grateful......who are you again?😊

[@soundscape26]

Always nice to see people sucking up to millionaires

[@choopa1670]

@@soundscape26 billionaire…😆

[@choopa1670]

@@paulhargreaves1497 my name is clearly shown. Can you not read ?

[@Alsayid]

California is a prime example of why you never want your state to just go blue from top to bottom, and stay that way for years.

[@paulaponte1309]

Elon is one of the few wealthy people on the planet that has his head screwed on straight. We need more entrepreneur-geniuses like him.

[@AmonTheWitch]

bro became boot polish

[@teddyde6128]

Screwed on backwards there, I fixed it for you.

[@presbiteroo]

Ask his daughter about that. What is more important your ideologie or your family?

[@soundscape26]

LMAO

[@nigelgarrett7970]

Yes, the genius who grew the value of Twitter to new heights.

[@ronpeer7975]

Smart man and a smart move. Woke is dead California is just too backwards to figure it out yet.

[@naomibee8881]

Woke never dies 🙄

[@teddyde6128]

Too backwards.. ha,ha,ha, California won’t even feel it.

[@peabase]

So you think Musk is smart for needlessly alienating prospective customers? Word of advice: don't go into business, you'll do yourself a financial injury.

[@ronpeer7975]

@@peabase lol Musk is one of the richest guys in the world. I’m betting you aren’t.

[@peabase]

@@ronpeer7975 I'm not, but _you_ try to explain how alienating a good part of your customers is good for business.

[@jnyfumare]

Parents being shut out of their own childrens lives by THE STATE. Its like Germany in 1938.

[@amineantion]

We love you Elon!!!

[@peabase]

You and your poodle?

[@RopekingRopethemall]

When the top priority is to push Grooming instead of doing something about poverty your priorities are screwd up

[@Uncaged_cricket]

Both.

[@chadnasir6387]

A doctor friend out of California told me that insurance pays $160,000 for gender change and is covered by PPO .

[@pinkbono]

Source: Trust me bro'

[@user333-us4qz]

Elon Musk is a Gem. Respect 💎🫡🦾😁

[@user-yz3uz4ny8j]

Im concerns about civilization growth with all these open support gay. Is a damm mess.

[@pinkbono]

Because no one was ever gay in human History, right? Or is it that conservative politicians are milking this cow for political gain and their supporters enjoying hating one other in the name of their gurus?

[@Intentspunk19]

Newsome like.... that's nice.

[@DEBILhto]

This commentsection is wild, so many bs here. In whole i think there is a Shift, poeple dont want all the ideology bs.

[@presbiteroo]

The problem with the hardcore ideologie, on both sides, is that people don't talk anymore. It used to be fine to disagree on some things and agree in others.

[@DEBILhto]

@@presbiteroo true