When Elon Musk posted a poll to his social media platform asking whether it was “time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle,” third party diehards saw their moment.
Former Democrat Andrew Yang popped into the mentions almost immediately, hawking his Forward Party. “Working on it!” he posted, adding, “⬆️🇺🇲 @FWD_Party!”
That same hour, Yang Cisco WebEx’d onto CNN, where he doubled down on the X post. “It was only a matter of time before Elon broke up with Trump, because Elon has a mission and a vision in mind around innovation and how technology can advance humanity,” Yang said on air. “I personally think that Elon falls into this middle ground that the Forward Party is trying to establish.”