On Tuesday night, following what many deemed a victorious debate, Kamala Harris finally secured the Taylor Swift endorsement. Writing under a photo of herself with a cat, Swift praised Harris as a “steady-handed, gifted leader” before signing her announcement “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.” Most people recognized her tongue-in-cheek nod to J.D. Vance’s derisive comments about women who don’t reproduce. And then there is Elon Musk, a Trump fan and fundraiser, who responded to her joke with the creepiest thought he could drum up. “Fine Taylor,” Musk wrote on X late Tuesday night, “you win…I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.”
I suppose it’s no surprise that Musk, who has 12 known children and has spent several years claiming underpopulation is more dangerous than global warming, would see a woman mention not having children and immediately offer to impregnate her. The fact that he is posting full-throated sexual harassment on his own website, where content moderation appears to be in shambles? That’s just par for the course.