Elon Musk Calls Elizabeth Warren 'Senator Karen' In Tax Fight

MASSACHUSETTS — In full 2021 fashion, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are butting heads in a Twitter war over taxes.

On Monday, Warren tweeted about "changing the rigged tax code" so Musk, who was recently named Times Person of the Year, would pay taxes instead of "freeloading" off everyone else.

Musk responded in a string of tweets, sharing a Fox News article calling Warren a "fraud" and saying, "you remind me of when I was a kid and my friend's angry Mom would just randomly yell at everyone for no reason."

He then added, "Please don't call the manager on me, Senator Karen," and claimed his federal taxes will be the highest in U.S. history.

According to Forbes' Real Time Billionaires, Musk's worth is estimated at $251 billion, and an investigation by ProPublica found that Musk and other billionaires paid nothing in taxes in 2018.

In another tweet, Musk wrote, "And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year."

According to CNN Business, Musk sold a substantial stake in his company over the past several weeks, while making out with 564,000 more shares than he did at the start.

Since then, CNN reported that he has been exercising stock options and that those options are due to expire in 2022. If he does not exercise them by August, he will lose them; and though he hasn't paid them yet — he will have to soon if the Build Back Better bill passes.

His federal tax bill to date for 2021 stands at $7.6 billion, CNN Business said, with a chance it could rise to nearly $10 billion or more by the end of the year.

For more on this, read CNN Business.