For the second time in this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he would pick Republicans in the upcoming elections in the US over the Democrats.

The world’s richest man declared on Twitter on Wednesday that he had voted for the Democrats in the past as they were “(mostly) the kindness party”. However, it isn’t the same anymore, he added.

"But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican," Musk tweeted, adding that the now the Democrats will hit back with a “dirty tricks campaign” against him for his views.

In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …