Pretty sure Elon went right because California forced Tesla to close down indefinitely beyond what was neccessary for political reasons. Then Elon became relentlessly attacked because Tesla stocks went to the moon due to being profitable and being included in the s&p500. So they had him as some evil profiteer while people are dying.WTF is Woke other than having knowledge and not sticking you head in the sand and being asleep. I am sorry Elon not only went right because unfortunately he became the poster child, wrongly, for tax reform which is needed. He went right because he couldnt bare not getting the atta boys and photo opps with Biden. He just couldnt bare not getting the attention and only getting policy that greatly benefited Tesla. He couldnt take it that CAFE standards, which Tesla lobbied for, were raised resulting in Tesla ZEV credits increasing profits without getting a reception at the White House. He couldnt take it that IRA will be a boon for Tesla without getting a photo op at the White House. He could have played that game and made a public invitation for Biden to attend the grand opening of the largest EV factory in the United States, but he didnt.
He also just plain lied to the world. He said that bringing Trump back and others would be handled by a diverse panel, he never put the panel together and just brought people back and for the Insurrectionist in Chief he used a stupid twitter poll.
There was a time when strict covid policy means left, and lax covid policy means right. I still think some of this is going on while both sides criticize China for whatever they are doing.
Disappointed that you described why Elon went right to just "want a photo op" when you were there the entire time witnessing the event.