Elon Musk got in a spat with Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office over the Tesla CEO's transgender child. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; David Swanson/Reuters)
"Correct. We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon," the governor's press office wrote on X, a platform that Musk owns.
The SpaceX CEO came back with a blistering response, doubling down on his refusal to call Wilson his daughter.
"I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers," Musk wrote. "My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me very much."
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a news conference with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025 (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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He went on to talk about the concept of "deadnaming," or calling a transgender person by their birth name.
"I lost my son, essentially. They call it deadnaming for a reason," Musk said. "The reason it's called 'deadnaming' is because your son is dead. So, my son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus."
Musk added that after what happened, he "vowed to destroy the woke mind virus."
Fox News' Yael Halon contributed to this report.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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