D-Minn. Rep. Dean Philps suggests that it's not a political strategy to win billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk.
“It's one thing to oppose his initiative, but calling it the US citizen @elonmusk who built “Nepo Baby in South Africa,” some of the most innovative companies in world history, is a great way to lose more Democrats,” Phillips said in a post on X on Wednesday.
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz recently used the phrase to refer to masks leading the government's efforts to expose waste and fraud.
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Left: US Rep. Dean Phillips, D-minn. Right: White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing the Marines on the South Lawn with President Donald Trump (not pictured) in Washington, DC on March 9, 2025 (Left: Gerenmorse/Getty Images, Right: Samuel Colum/Getty Images)
“And there's nothing conservative about a South African NEPO baby who's not elected in the VA, firing people,” he said in a statement in Iowa last week.
He also unfolded the phrase while speaking in Wisconsin on Tuesday. New York Timesit also reported that he called the mask “dip.”
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Waltz was later a ally of Vice President Kamala Harris when he called for presidency last year, but the Democrat duo lost to a Republican ticket led by the political juggernaut, led by current President Donald Trump.
“Regardless of Musk's opinion, this is a great strategy to further alienate the Center right and the Center, lose federal elections and lose federal elections,” Phillips retweeted a post earlier this month featuring footage of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's DN.Y., calling Musk “a billionaear scammer with lots of money.”
'squad' dem ayanna pressley throws Elon Musk in the trash and calls him “Nazi Nepo Baby.”
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. calls Musk “Nazi Nepo Baby.”
Phillips made a major bid for a democratic president in 2023, but ultimately dropped out in 2024.
