Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Sunday he would not accept campaign donations from Elon Musk, breaking with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who last week called on Democrats to reconsider their relationship with the billionaire tech CEO.

During an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, anchor Kristen Welker pressed Booker on whether he would take money from Musk, whose fractured relationship with President Donald Trump has driven the news cycle since last Thursday.

Welker noted Khanna said Democrats should invite Musk back into the party.

“So let me ask you,” she said. “Would you personally accept money from Elon Musk if he were to support your re-election campaign, for example?”

Booker replied:

Let me just tell you. We’re stuck in this right/left divide right now. I will partner with anyone like I did in the last Congress, putting my vote alongside of John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins to stop the tearing down of the Affordable Care Act.

This is not about right or left, it’s about right or wrong.

While blasting Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill, Booker added, “I welcome Elon Musk, not to my campaign. I welcome him right now, not to sit back and just fire off tweets, to get involved right now in a more substantive way and putting pressure on congresspeople and senators to not do this.”

Welker cut in to get a definitive answer as to whether the New Jersey Democrat would accept money from Musk.

“But Senator, let me just put a fine point on this,” she said. “Would you accept money from Elon Musk if he were to give it to you? And should other Democrats?”

Booker said he would turn down donations from Musk if they came.

“I would not accept money from Elon Musk for my campaign,” Booker said flatly. “But I would be supportive of anybody, including Elon Musk, putting resources forward right now to let more Americans know, sound the alarm, treat this like a Paul Revere moment.”

Khanna said last week, “I look forward to Elon turning his fire against MAGA Republicans instead of Democrats in 2026.”

Watch above via NBC News.

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