Elon Musk made a boob joke and MAGAworld went wild.
The billionaire face of the powerful Department of Government Efficiency, who is a self-described proponent of “legalizing comedy,” trolled a Fox News reporter on his way to a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Wednesday.
After reports that Musk provided perturbed GOP lawmakers with his phone number after meetings on the Capitol, a reporter jokingly asked Musk if they could get his cellphone number as well.
Musk, donning his favorite “Tech Support” shirt, laughed as he responded: “[It’s] something 8008.”
The comment referenced a decades-old joke about a string of numbers that appear to spell out the word “boob” when typed out on old devices.
Musk chuckled as he walked away, ignoring another reporter who asked him what he planned to discuss with Republicans.
The cringeworthy moment was a certified hit in right-wing spaces.
Conservative commentator Nick Sortor effusively hyped up Musk’s joke in a series of posts on X.
“Trolling the legacy media never gets old,” he said. “I was sort of impressed with how off-the-cuff this was.”
Asked by a follower whether Musk or President Donald Trump was better at trolling the media, Sortor said “Elon just makes fun of them. Trump intentionally gets under their skin and demoralizes them. It’s great teamwork.”
Right-wing influencer Benny Johnson said Musk “savagely mocked the Media right to their faces when they begged for his phone number,” appearing to miss the fact that it was a Fox News reporter who asked the question.
“The right can meme….The left cannot,” he said.
A popular X account called MAGAVoice also found humor in Musk’s comment, saying: “Liberals can’t stand this.”
Conservative pundit Evan Kilgore took the joke a step further by cooking up a screenshot of a fake text conversation with the phone number 8008.
“Holy crap... I just texted Elon Musk at the 8008 number he shared... and he replied,” he said.
Musk also reposted a clip of the viral moment on his X account.
Musk met with Republican lawmakers in a pair of meetings on Wednesday. He had lunch with GOP senators and spoke to conservative representatives over dinner.
The Washington Post reported that Musk told conservatives on Capitol Hill he wanted to set up a direct line of communication with them to answer their questions and address their concerns.
Musk also urged Congress to codify the sweeping cuts on government spending initiated by DOGE, arguing that the law was needed to make them permanent.
“I’m very reassured by hearing him,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said, according to the Post. “I mean, he wants to do logical, rational things. [But] the system needs to be fine-tuned to coordinate between DOGE and Congress and the administration, how it’s all working.”
