As Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan courts voters in his campaign for Michigan governor, he’s refusing to say whether he would welcome support from one of the country’s most polarizing figures — Elon Musk.

Duggan’s campaign declined to respond to multiple requests for comment about his apparent flirtation with Musk, who in June posted online about launching a new political movement. Duggan, who is running as an independent, replied at the time with a smiling emoji and wrote, “Now you’ve got my attention.”

That comment, along with Duggan’s earlier claim that Musk would be the first person he’d visit if elected governor, are drawing criticism at a time when the world’s wealthiest man is becoming increasingly polarizing and toxic.

NOTUS, a national nonprofit news site, first broached the subject in a brief mention for a story Monday, saying Duggan had “played some online footsie with Musk in June when he left the White House and first floated the new party idea.” Duggan’s campaign didn’t respond to NOTUS for comment.

Asked by Metro Times if Duggan would welcome Musk’s support, Demetria Bias, a spokesman for Duggan’s campaign, responded in a written statement, “We will discuss internally and get back to you when we can.”

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