Data compiled by the NBC News Decision Desk shows that Musk’s election conspiracy theories and doubts have vastly outperformed his other posts about the election.

Summary

Elon Musk’s posts on X questioning election integrity and promoting conspiracy theories garner significantly more engagement than his other election-related content, with NBC News reporting 5.2 times more likes and 9.1 times more reposts.

Despite fact-checkers debunking many of Musk’s claims, such as alleged noncitizen voting, his posts casting doubt on the process reach millions.

Musk, a prominent Trump supporter, has donated over $118 million to a pro-Trump PAC and leverages his platform’s far-right tilt, drawing concern as election-related misinformation prompts heightened security measures for election officials nationwide.

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
    3·
    8 days ago

    If you bang on about the election process not working and then win the election you have totally delegitimised yourself before you’ve even begun.

    • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
      9·
      8 days ago

      No because see if they lose it’s because woke goblins are living in the ballot boxes and eating all the trump votes but if they win it’s because they voted so hard the goblins couldn’t eat them all. It’s just basic goblinomics