Elon Musk on Monday accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “lying” about former President Donald Trump’s stance on abortion, and argued that the social media platform’s “Community Notes” feature holds politicians accountable when they try to spread falsehoods about their opponents.
Harris on Sunday Her X account She said President Trump “will ban abortion nationwide” and that she and President Biden “will do everything in our power to stop him and restore women’s reproductive freedom.”
Her post was then flagged by a community note that read, “President Trump has repeatedly stated that he will not sign a nationwide abortion ban.”
“When will politicians, or at least the interns who run their accounts, learn that lying doesn’t work on this platform anymore?” Musk Reply with X post His own.
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Despite calls from some Republican lawmakers for a ban on abortion, President Trump has said he will not pass a nationwide ban on abortion, instead leaving it up to states to regulate the procedure.
“I appointed three incredible justices to the Supreme Court, and they happened to vote to repeal Roe v. Wade and give it back to the states to decide,” the former president said during his first debate with Biden on Thursday. “Now the states are working to figure it out.”
Trump added that he believes abortion should be allowed in cases of rape, incest and to protect the life of the mother.
“We’re bringing this issue back to the states and the country is starting to come together on this issue, which is great,” the 78-year-old said.
Biden, meanwhile, has reiterated that he would reinstate Roe v. Wade if he were to return to the presidency.
“The idea that states can do this is like saying, ‘Let’s give civil rights back to the states and let each state have different rules,'” the incumbent argued.
Harris has been spearheading the Biden-Harris campaign’s efforts to hold Trump accountable for overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
During his time in the White House, Trump nominated three conservative Supreme Court justices, and the court voted 6-3 to overturn a 1973 decision that legalized abortion across the United States.
President Trump was initially silent about his position on the issue, but announced it in April.
“My view is that now the abortion that everybody wants is allowed from a legal perspective and the states will decide by vote or by legislation or both. And what they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the states,” Trump said in a video message posted to his Truth Social page at the time.
Harris’ team did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s inquiries.
