Elon Musk says he will vote for Republicans now

• "They have become the party of division & hate," Musk continued.

Flashback: Three weeks ago, Musk said that Twitter "must be politically neutral" to deserve the public trust.

• "Which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally," Musk said.

Between the lines: Musk announced last month that he is in the process of buying Twitter. His bid launched a debate over the most American of ideas — free speech — and private companies' rights and obligations to sort the boundaries between disinformation and censorship.

• Several Republicans previously hailed Musk as a hero and Twitter as the problem.