10/20/2024

Musk Pushes False Conspiracies about Voting Machines during Election Town Hall

The X owner named Dominion while linking voting machines to GOP losses

While speaking at a town hall in the swing state of Pennsylvania Thursday, tech CEO Elon Musk repeated false conspiracy theories claiming that voting machines rig elections -- an assertion that has been repeatedly debunked since it was pushed in the wake of the 2020 election by those seeking to overturn former president Donald Trump's loss.

"I'm a technologist; I know a lot about computers," Musk told the crowd during the event. "And I'm, like, the last thing I would do is trust a computer program... because it's just too easy to hack."

Musk, who owns the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has emerged as one of the Trump's fiercest supporters, appearing with him at a rally earlier this month and pouring $75 million into his PAC -- making Musk one of the largest political spenders of the 2024 cycle.

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