Elon Musk spoke out on Twitter and lost $ 12 billion on the same day

The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder spends a lot of time on Twitter. Recently he shared

ideas about changes that need to be madeinto the politics of the social network, which he really wants to acquire. However, this week Musk decided to tweet about his political views. As a result, Tesla's share price fell to its lowest level in 2022 during the day, depriving the businessman of $12 billion, according to a Bloomberg report.

Musk's series of tweets began with Tesla being excluded from...S&P 500, a list of companies ranked by their social, environmental and governance policies (ESG, Environmental, Social and corporate Governance). As Reuters reports, the S&P 500 is a relatively new benchmark that investors use before making decisions. The companies on the list have made important decisions to protect the environment and move society into a new era. This gives them an advantage.

In theory, Tesla, which is a pioneerin in the field of electric vehicles and working on increasing battery capacity for grids and promoting solar energy, should be on this list. That's how it was. However, in a recent update, the electric vehicle maker was removed from the list. The cause was a number of issues, including reports of racial discrimination at the company and accidents involving self-driving cars. Even though the company is committed to reducing carbon emissions that contribute to global warming, the lack of transparency "should be of concern to investors" who judge companies on their ESG metrics.

All this clearly irritated Musk, who tweeted about it.

The businessman noted that the oil producing companyExxon made the top 10 companies for ESG ratings, while Tesla was excluded. He called the S&P Dow Jones Indices a fraud and the S&P 500 ESG Index "a weapon in the hands of fake social justice warriors."

Commenting on the situation to Reuters, representativesThe S&P 500 said Musk may have been referring to a list of companies included in the index sorted by their market capitalization rather than their ESG rating. 

Musk even said that the rating agencyS&P Global has lost its integrity. He has previously complained that the White House sidelined his efforts to massively electrify transportation. Additionally, earlier this year, President Joe Biden praised automakers GM and Ford for investing in electric vehicles, without mentioning Tesla. 

Musk expressed his displeasure in the following tweet.  

“In the past I voted for the Democrats... I can no longer support them and will vote for the Republicans.”

As a result, Tesla Inc. fell to its lowest level this year, depriving $12.3 billion, while shares of Twitter continued to fall, Bloomberg noted.

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