Former Vice President Kamala Harris has just admitted what conservatives have known for years — Joe Biden’s presidency was never about progress or innovation, but about protecting Democrat donors and union bosses. Her rare public criticism of Biden over his 2021 decision to exclude Elon Musk from a White House electric vehicle event is a stunning confession that exposes the corruption, arrogance, and anti-American priorities of the left.
Speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., Harris said it was a “big mistake” not to invite Musk, the man who revolutionized the electric vehicle industry and helped put America back on top of the global innovation map.
“I thought it was a big mistake to not invite Elon Musk when we did a big EV event,” Harris said. “Here he is, the major American manufacturer of extraordinary innovation in this space.”
Her statement, while long overdue, is a complete vindication for conservatives who have repeatedly warned that Biden’s administration operates on political favoritism, not merit. When the White House held its EV summit in 2021, executives from General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis were invited — but not Musk. The reason? Tesla wasn’t unionized.
That’s right — the Biden administration deliberately excluded the most successful American EV manufacturer because Elon Musk refused to bow down to Big Labor. Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki tried to spin it by saying the event was limited to “the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers,” a clear admission that political loyalty, not innovation, determined who got a seat at the table.
When asked if Tesla’s exclusion was punishment for being non-union, Psaki smugly said, “I’ll let you draw your own conclusion.” Millions of Americans did — and they concluded that Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda was nothing more than a political slush fund for Democrat allies.
Musk, who sold more electric cars than Ford, GM, and Chrysler combined, tweeted, “Yeah, seems odd that Tesla wasn’t invited.” The post went viral, and Americans saw right through the charade — Biden was rewarding his union cronies while punishing the most innovative entrepreneur of our time.
Kamala Harris’s recent comments confirm what conservatives like President Donald J. Trump had been saying: the left doesn’t care about progress unless they can control it.
“So, I thought that was a mistake,” Harris added. “I don’t know Elon Musk, but I have to assume that that was something that hit him hard and had an impact on his perspective.”
It did more than that — it changed the course of American politics. Musk, once politically independent, began to see through the hypocrisy of the left and eventually became one of President Trump’s strongest backers. By 2024, Musk had contributed nearly $300 million to Republican-aligned groups through America PAC, helping fuel the America First movement and pushing back against the radical left’s war on capitalism.
According to sources close to Musk, his decision to back Trump wasn’t about politics — it was about protecting innovation, freedom, and meritocracy from the grip of bureaucrats and union puppets.
Biden, meanwhile, poured salt in the wound by crediting GM’s Mary Barra with having “electrified the entire automobile industry.” The claim was laughable — Tesla had already dominated the EV market for years. That single statement reportedly “infuriated” Musk, and rightly so.
Even when Biden’s team tried to patch things up by arranging private calls with Musk, it was too late. The damage was done, and the message was clear: if you don’t play by the left’s rules, you get punished.
The Tesla snub became a defining symbol of everything wrong with the Biden administration — a regime obsessed with identity politics, union loyalty, and virtue signaling rather than achievement and results.