"Billionaire Elon Musk - who's long used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to stoke anger at immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories - has spent the past day spreading and praising claims that "White people are on the verge of extinction," Somali immigrants have "no right to be in America," and nonprofits who support them are committing "treason and should be met with force.""
"Musk quoted or reposted numerous statements from other accounts, peppering his reposts with approving commentary like "true" and "simply a fact." A number were related to the Trump administration's ongoing investigation of alleged public assistance program fraud in Minnesota, where many defendants are part of Minnesota's sizable Somali American community."
Elon Musk used X to spread and praise racist and xenophobic claims, including statements that "White people are on the verge of extinction" and that Somali immigrants have "no right to be in America." He reposted and quoted numerous accounts, adding approving comments such as "true" and "simply a fact." Several reposts were tied to a Trump administration probe of alleged public assistance fraud in Minnesota, where many defendants are Somali American. He framed nonprofits supporting immigrants as committing "treason" and suggested they should "be met with force." These actions continued a pattern of stoking anger toward immigrants and promoting discriminatory rhetoric.
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