A senior Twitter executive was secretly recorded mocking would-be owner Elon Musk for having Asperger’s syndrome — prompting the billionaire to call him out on the platform.
“He has Asperger’s, so he’s special — you’re special needs. You’re literally special needs,” the honcho, identified by Project Veritas as lead client partner Alex Martinez, says in a video that the outlet released Tuesday.
“So I can’t even take what you’re saying seriously,” Martinez added as he moaned about the Tesla CEO’s mission to restore free speech to the social media giant.
Musk later ripped Martinez’s disparaging remarks on the platform, which he offered to buy in a $44 billion deal in April.
“Twitter exec trashing free speech & mocking people with Asperger’s …,” the billionaire tweeted.
His response came in reply to a tweet by conservative columnist Benny Johnson, who railed on social media: “Twitter executive calling Elon Musk mentally handicapped, ‘special’ and saying he has ‘aspergers.’”
In his exchange with an undercover Project Veritas journalist, Martinez also said the social media giant isn’t here to give people free speech.
“The rest of us who have been here believe in something that’s good for the planet and not just to give people free speech,” he said.
“It’s going to be hard for him to be like, ‘Uhhh, because people should make their own decision.’ It’s like, no, but people don’t know how to make a rational decision if you don’t put out correct things that are supposed to be out in the public,” the Twitter exec continued.
