Elon Musk criticized by the White House for anti-Semitic publication

The White House it crashed Elon Musk on Friday for endorsing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Wednesday.

“It is unacceptable to repeat the horrible lie behind the most fatal act of Antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone a month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” said White House spokesman Andrew Bates. said on fridayadding that the White House “condemns[s] “This abhorrent promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hatred in the strongest terms, which goes against our fundamental values ​​as Americans.”

Musk on Wednesday got into an X thread (formerly Twitter) which began with user @CWBOCA sharing a public service announcement from Foundation to combat antisemitism, in which a father confronts his son for posting “Hitler was right” on social media. “To the cowards who hide behind the anonymity of the Internet and post ‘Hitler was right,’” the user wrote. “Do you have something you want to say? Why don’t you tell us to our faces?

Some users did so and @breakingbaht responded: “Okay. “Jewish communities have been pushing exactly the kind of dialectical hatred against white people that they claim they want people to stop using against them.” They then claim that Jewish populations in the West were beginning to realize that the minorities “flooding their country don’t like them very much,” adding, “If you want the truth told to your face, it’s there.”

Musk then responded to the anti-Semitic comment: “You told the real truth.”

The conspiracy theory that Jews are trying to replace white people with minorities is a popular anti-Semitic trope among white supremacists. Tucker Carlson pushed it earlier this week on his X show, criticizing pro-Israel university donors who he claims have been funding “white genocide” in the United States.

hate speech has flourished on X since Musk took control of the platform late last year and subsequently cut its moderation capabilities while reinstating accounts that had been banned for hate speech. However, X CEO Linda Yaccarrino had the nerve on Thursday. claim that the platform is fighting anti-Semitism. “X’s point of view has always been very clear: discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board,” he wrote. “In regards to this platform, X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat anti-Semitism and discrimination. “There is no place for it anywhere in the world.”

Yaccarrino may want to spend more time on his own platform.