In a CNN interview, Gina Hinojosa is asked whether Elon Musk might pull Tesla, SpaceX and a planned chipmaking venture out of Texas. The interviewer says Musk spent hundreds of millions of dollars backing Republican candidates this cycle to keep Texas red. Hinojosa calls selling a Texas beach to Musk "unacceptable," saying the beaches are enshrined in the Texas Constitution as free and open to the people, and says Texas can work with his companies "on our terms."
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- Gina Hinojosa
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And as you know, Elon Musk threw hundreds of millions of dollars behind Republican candidates this cycle to try to keep Texas red. He's moved Tesla and SpaceX and a planned chip making venture to Texas to avoid what he calls or what he deems unburdened some burdensome regulations in California. So what do you say to the concerns that Musk might move these very lucrative businesses out of Texas after these Democratic victories and say, go to Tennessee. Well, look, as I said before, we have to have balance. These are our beaches we're talking about. I mean, selling our beach to Elon Musk is just something that is almost unimaginable. It's unacceptable. Our beaches are enshrined in our Texas Constitution as being free and open to the people of Texas because there are beaches. We can have a strong working relationship with Elon Musk and his companies, but it has to be on our terms. It cannot be just running over the people of Texas.
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