Elon Musk Is On A Racist Posting Spree Again

Billionaire Elon Musk — who’s agelong utilized his X (formerly Twitter) level to stoke anger astatine immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories — has spent nan past time spreading and praising claims that “White group are connected nan verge of extinction,” Somali immigrants person “no correct to beryllium successful America,” and nonprofits who support them are committing “treason and should beryllium met pinch force.”

Musk quoted aliases reposted galore statements from different accounts, peppering his reposts pinch approving commentary for illustration “true” and “simply a fact.” A number were related to nan Trump administration’s ongoing investigation of alleged public assistance programme fraud successful Minnesota, wherever galore defendants are portion of Minnesota’s sizable Somali American community. He reposted commentary astir a lawsuit involving a Somali migrant who was convicted earlier this year of sexually assaulting a child, arsenic good arsenic different cases successful which immigrants committed crimes.

The accounts included UK far-right fig Tommy Robinson, who Musk reinstated connected X aft he was banned from nan platform for “hateful conduct” successful 2018. “NGO’s successful Minnesota are getting paid $2,375 for each Somali migrant they bring into nan United States,” Robinson’s station said, apparently referring to a one-time national resettlement money payment meant for “basic needs” for illustration nutrient and furnishing. “This is treason and should beryllium met pinch force.” Another repost from an relationship pinch 1.2 cardinal followers, Wall Street Apes, asserted that “overall Somalis person nary correct to beryllium successful America, particularly North Dakota and Minnesota. They don’t merge into our societies. They transportation complete their clan mentalities.” (The station was quoting a video by different influencer, who said his motortruck had been rear-ended by an immigrant.)

Musk, who has 14 (known) children, offered his ain much substantive connection astir achromatic birthrates. “​​If existent trends continue, Whites will spell from being a mini number of world organization coming to virtually extinct!” he wrote connected December 2nd. He besides repeated his long-running assertion that migration is simply a crippled to put Democrats successful power, a belief linked pinch his long-running support of nan “great replacement” conspiracy mentation that immigrants are being “imported” by liberals (and peculiarly Jews) to displace achromatic Americans. “The acold near imported voters to summation powerfulness and it worked,” he wrote, quoting a station that falsely claimed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “wasn’t moreover elected by Americans.”

Musk’s posts besides emphasized his alignment pinch President Donald Trump — who has feuded pinch Musk repeatedly contempt their adjacent collaboration successful nan past year. Musk reposted a December 2nd video of Trump saying “I for illustration Elon a lot” and “I deliberation we get on well,” as good arsenic a video of White House advisor Stephen Miller. Earlier this week, Trump said that immigrants from Somalia “contribute nothing” and that “I don’t want them successful our country.”

Years ago, Musk’s statements would apt person raised siren among advertisers connected nan level he has owned since 2022. IBM and Apple, among others, pulled ads from nan level successful 2023 aft Musk praised a far-right poster’s telephone for achromatic pridefulness and agreed pinch antisemitic, anti-immigrant statements. But Musk responded pinch a campaign of ineligible harassment, and Trump management officials worked conditions discouraging dropping ads from platforms for illustration X into a awesome advertisement institution merger proposal. Earlier this year, one advertisement consulting patient CEO told The Wall Street Journal that brands were “afraid of nan ineligible and governmental ramifications” of not advertizing connected X.