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Elon Musk Defends George Soros Tweets And Other Conspiracy Theory Posts: “I’ll Say What I Want to Say, And If The Consequence Of That Is Losing Money, So Be It”

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Elon Musk defended his propensity to step into divisive debate and even in advancing conspiracy theories, telling CNBC, “I’ll say what I want to say, and if the consequences of that is losing money, I’ll say it.” The network’s David Faber sat down with Musk and asked the Twitter owner and Tesla CEO about a specific tweet about billionaire George Soros, in which he wrote, “Soros reminds me of Magneto.” He wrote that Soros “wants to erode the very fabric of civilization.

Soros hates humanity.” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, wrote that Musk was feeding into antisemitic tropes by comparing Soros to a Jewish supervillain.

Soros is a frequent target on the right. “That’s my opinion,” Musk told Faber. The CNBC host then pressed him. “Why share it when people who buy Teslas may not agree with you?

Advertisers on Twitter may not agree with you?” Musk replied, “This is freedom of speech, and I am allowed to say what I want.” Faber replied, “You absolutely are, but I am trying to understand why you do, because it puts you in the middle of a partisan divide in the country, it makes you a lightning rod for criticism.

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