X boss Elon Musk has issued a warning to the American people about the threat that Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris poses to their freedom of speech rights.
On the eve of Election Day, Musk made a surprise appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
During the interview, Musk warned that a “President Harris” would use the levers of power to shut down X and censor the American people.
Musk famously acquired the X platform, formerly Twitter, for billions of dollars to protect free speech.
During his new interview with Rogan, Musk spoke about the future of X and free speech after the election.
“If you didn’t do it, no one would have,” Rogan said.
“And here’s the hilarious narrative that I keep hearing from idiots: ‘Elon’s a bad businessman. Twitter is worth, you know, 400% less than when he bought it.’
“No, it wasn’t worth that in the first place.
“It wasn’t worth $44 billion, you f—ing morons. Wrong.
“And also, you’re not taking into account the advertiser boycott. That’s total bulls—.”
Musk agreed and said the Orwellian-named Center for Countering Digital Hate was a “total scam organization” like the Ministry of Truth featured in George Orwell’s “1984.”
He referred to the group as a “censorship organization” that “pushed the advertisers to boycott.”
Last year, Musk’s X Corp. sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
The lawsuit alleged that the organization had published “misleading claims” about X.
The group also exaggerated the prevalence of harmful content on X to thwart investment from advertisers.
Musk said that some aspects of the boycott have lessened.
However, he warned that this election will be a decisive moment in the battle between government censorship and freedom of speech.
“I think if Trump wins, we’ll see, you know, probably most of the boycott will lift,” he said.
“But if Kamala wins, we’ll see that boycott gets stronger and they’ll friggin’ shut [it] down.
“There’s no way that a Kamala puppet regime would allow X to exist.”
“You really think that they’ll be able to shut it down, though?” Rogan asked.
“Is there a pathway to that? What would they do?”
Musk offered a few scenarios he believes could happen.
“They can sic the DOJ [Department of Justice] on you know, and say like, you know, they’ve got this whole thing about like hate speech, misinformation or whatever, except that they’re the ones pushing the misinformation,” Musk explained.
“But that doesn’t stop them from filing massive, you know, lawsuits and using the DOJ.”
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Last year, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, accusing Musk’s company of discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in its hiring decisions.
A federal judge put that lawsuit on hold pending the results of SpaceX’s own suit.
Shortly after the Musk interview was released, Rogan announced his endorsement of Trump on X.
“The great and powerful @elonmusk,” Rogan said in a post alongside the video of his Musk interview.
“If it wasn’t for him we’d be f—ked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.
“For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump. Enjoy the podcast.”
The great and powerful @elonmusk.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) November 5, 2024
If it wasn't for him we'd be fucked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.
For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump.
Enjoy the podcast pic.twitter.com/LdBxZFVsLN
