Dean Phillips calls out 'great way to lose even more Democrats' as Tim Walz bashes Elon Musk

"Objecting to his initiative is one thing, but calling @ElonMusk, a US citizen who's built some of the most innovative companies in world history, a 'South African nepo baby,' is a great way to lose even more Democrats," Phillips noted in a Wednesday post on X.

"And there's nothing conservative about an unelected, South African nepo baby firing people at the VA," he said last week during remarks in Iowa.

"Regardless of one's opinion of Musk, this is a great strategy for further alienating center right and center left Americans and losing federal elections," Phillips opined earlier this month when retweeting a post that featured footage of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., calling Musk a "billionaire con man with a lot of money."

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., has called Musk a "Nazi nepo baby."

Phillips mounted a Democratic presidential primary bid in 2023 but ultimately dropped out in 2024.