Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk says he will “use every means necessary” to shut down X Company if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the 2024 presidential election. He said he would begin “legal action”.
Mr. Musk sat for two hours. interview A joint statement with Tucker Carlson, former Fox News host and co-founder of the Daily Caller and the Daily Caller News Foundation, was released Monday. Musk said he expected Harris and his company to face legal action if she were elected president. (Related: 'Blatant election interference': Greg Jarrett slams Jack Smith's 'irrelevant' filing as 'bad detective fiction')
“If she wins, how do we allow X to continue in its current form, in its current role in American society?” Carlson asked Musk about the social networks that would exist if Harris were elected president. I asked him about his future.
“They won't,” Musk replied. “They will try to shut it down by any means necessary.”
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In a Sept. 17 interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for “criminal prosecution” of Americans for spreading what she deemed disinformation. warned In an interview Saturday with CNN host Mike Smerconish, he said the lack of censorship was causing a loss of “total control.”
Carlson asked Musk to explain what he meant when he said the Harris administration would use “every means available” to shut down Company X.
“They may be trying to legislate,” Musk said. “They're going to try to prosecute the company, they're going to try to prosecute me. The amount of litigation that we've seen is outrageous.”
Musk noted that the Biden administration has sued SpaceX for failing to hire asylum seekers.
“So…for example, the Department of Justice filed a massive lawsuit against SpaceX for failing to hire asylum seekers,” Musk continued, as Carlson expressed shock. “They're asylum seekers, not people who have been granted asylum. There's also a law now called the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and SpaceX is developing technological advancements that could be used for nuclear ICBMs, so be careful who you hire. We can only hire permanent residents or nationals.” (Related article: Jonathan Turley says the left is using Hillary Clinton in its latest attempt to censor Americans)
Announced by the Ministry of Justice. suit It filed a lawsuit against SpaceX in August 2023, alleging in legal documents that the company “discouraged asylum seekers and refugees from applying to the company.” The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Tesla in September 20203. It alleged that black employees were subjected to harassment and intimidation, including with nooses.
Biden administration launched Since Musk bought Twitter in 2022, there have been other investigations and lawsuits against companies he has been associated with, including Tesla. Mr. Mask predicted A dirty tricks campaign took place in May 2022 as his Twitter takeover was underway.
Musk has been an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump's bid to return to the White House, and is funding his return. America PACspoke at President Trump's Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, site of the former president's assassination attempt, and donated to efforts for elected House Republican candidates.
Harris did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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