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Viral image stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025

X posts stated on April 05, 2022 in a tweet:

“With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”

By Andy Nguyen• April 8, 2022

Facebook posts stated on February 03, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Elon Musk said, the Pentagon was spending $600 million a year on sushi.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.

By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025

Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“After meeting with Elon Musk, Republican leader Sen. John Thune announces plans to cut Social Security.”

By Madison Czopek• December 13, 2024

Elon Musk stated on February 20, 2025 in a speech at CPAC:

President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2025

Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"With 40 billion dollars, Elon Musk could have given each of the 330M people living in America a million dollars and still had $7B left over.”

By Jeff Cercone• April 28, 2022

Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts:

Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.

By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025

Threads posts stated on February 15, 2025 in a photo:

“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 18, 2025

Elon Musk stated on February 02, 2024 in an X post:

Biden’s strategy is to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and “legalize them to create a permanent majority.”

By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2024

Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post:

“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 14, 2025

Threads posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a post on Threads:

Says Taylor Swift said, “Elon Musk, the first human in history, to be radicalized by his own algorithm.”

By Madison Czopek• November 18, 2024

Elon Musk stated on February 26, 2024 in an X post:

Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024

Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 in Threads posts:

“Elon Musk has $180 Billion and there are 8B people on earth. If he gave us each $1B he’d still have $172B left.”

By Sofia Ahmed• November 18, 2024

Facebook posts stated on October 09, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Donald Trump is back on Twitter,” thanks to Elon Musk.

By Sara Swann• October 10, 2022

Threads posts stated on November 28, 2024 in a photo:

“Elon Musk is not a citizen of the United States.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 5, 2024

Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Elon Musk promising $45,000 in Canadian currency for participating Canadian citizens.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023

Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk permanently bans Robert De Niro from X, declares ‘no room for his woke presence.’”

By Sofia Ahmed• November 22, 2024

Elon Musk stated on May 02, 2022 in a tweet:

NBC News “covered up Hunter Biden laptop story.”

By Monique Curet• May 4, 2022

Instagram posts stated on September 03, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Kamala Harris said she will shut down X if elected.”

By Sofia Ahmed• September 5, 2024

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