Democratic hopes for National elections live and die by how many groups they can keep on the plantation. So yes, keeping Muslims in line is a key strategy. What they don't realize, of course, is that the Muslims will actively turn on the left the second they get far enough entrenched, and the Muslims are far closer to the "nazis" that the left keeps finding under their bed and in their closets than anything they've ever seen before. But like everything else the democrats plan for, they don't consider second order effects or consequences. "We got a Muslim ethnic voting bloc setup and they're voting for THEIR interests not OURS and it turns out they have really backwards Iron Age Death Cult Beliefs! How could this happen!?"
The amusing thing is Elon doesn't realize that he will never not be Turbohitler to the left. He stepped a single inch off of the plantation. You can agree with the left on 99% of all things but disagree with them once and you're instantly and forever part of the "alt right." AT BEST what he can hope for is being a useful bludgeon in the future. "Look, [New Republican in 2030] is SO BAD that even TURBO HITLER TECHBRO NAZI Elon "Fuck Minorities" Musk can't stand him!"