Foreign media: Former US Vice President Kamala Harris said at the Fortune Most Influential Women Summit that it was a "big mistake" for the Biden administration not to invite Tesla CEO Elon Musk when it held a White House electric vehicle event in August 2021.
The event invited executives from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, but Tesla, as a pure electric vehicle manufacturer, was excluded. This decision was seen as a political compromise with the key supporters of the Democrats - the United Auto Workers, because Tesla's factories were not unionized.
At the time, Musk expressed dissatisfaction, then criticized the Biden administration, and eventually supported Trump and other Republican candidates in 2024. Harris also mentioned that it was also a mistake for the Biden administration not to prioritize the most urgent needs of the people, such as affordable childcare or paid maternity leave, as legislative priorities.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846319440373760/
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