Last week, Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk tweeted a cartoon implying that his political stance had shifted to the right over the years.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
Colin Wright created the cartoon out of context.
Now Wright, an editor for the online culture commentary site Quillette, is selling this cartoon as an NFT.
So excited @elonmusk shared my political cartoon! Unfortunately he didn’t credit me as the creator, but if you want to buy a unique piece of internet history, you can bid on it for my first NFT now! https://t.co/SVLwgeieEm
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 28, 2022
The auction site for the cartoon is on OpenSea and is billed as “my political journal”.
The auction for the #NFT my political cartoon that @elonmusk Shared (230,000 retweets, 1.3 million likes) is currently at 1.25 $ETH! You have 13 days left to bid, so don’t miss your chance to own a little internet history!$BTC $ADA $SOL #DOG #cryptocurrency https://t.co/zjAFH73er0
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 29, 2022
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Wright also posted an Etsy listing for a mug depicting the political doodle.
Hi @elonmusk! Thank you for sharing my cartoon! If anyone wants to buy the mug, it’s available in my shop! https://t.co/Ei0ojZCW8F
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 28, 2022
At the time of writing, the NFT showed two active bids. The top bid of 1.25 Ether ETH/USD is worth almost $3,600.
In one of his tweets, Musk mentioned his political stance and said he was a staunch supporter of President Barack Obama.
But I’m also not a fan of the extreme right.
Let’s have less hate and more love.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2022
I strongly supported Obama as President, but today’s Democratic Party has been hijacked by extremists
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2022