Florida CFO Backs Elon Musk For Nobel Peace Prize

Florida Politics reports:

Elon Musk’s free speech advocacy and use of Starlink satellites to help hurricane victims in Florida mean he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Patronis wrote to the Sweden-based Nobel Foundation on Friday to throw his support behind Musk’s nomination, which Norwegian lawmaker Marius Nilsen floated earlier in the week.

“As Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal, I felt compelled to share my enthusiasm for the work of Elon Musk and give him my wholehearted endorsement for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Patronis wrote. Musk has styled himself as a “free speech absolutist” but has also threatened to sue journalists who alleged “hate speech” had increased since he bought Twitter. He also endorsed an antisemitic tweet in November 2023.

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Patronis recently appeared here for his ongoing campaign to have the state pay Trump’s legal bills under a Florida law that compensates candidates for “political discrimination.”

.@JimmyPatronis: @ElonMusk deserves Nobel Peace Prize

Reporting by @GrayRohrerhttps://t.co/qPMjnVgt3f#FlaPol

— Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) February 23, 2024