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Mario Nawfal stated on February 09, 2025 in an X post:
Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s net worth “skyrocketed” from $6.7 million to $30 million in three years.
By Loreben Tuquero• February 14, 2025
Bernie Sanders stated on June 12, 2026 in an X post:
"Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500."
By Caleb McCullough• June 17, 2026
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
Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022
Threads posts stated on November 04, 2024 in a post:
“Mark Cuban’s net worth takes a $1 billion hit after controversial endorsement” of Kamala Harris
By Grace Abels• November 6, 2024
Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2021 in a post:
"Elon Musk to donate $250 billion for reparations to African Americans in U.S."
By Monique Curet• November 5, 2021
X posts stated on February 11, 2025 in a post:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.
By Sara Swann• February 18, 2025
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
Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are “part of the World Economic Forum.”
By Jeff Cercone• November 13, 2024
Viral image stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk said on X, “Go to my crypto project.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 3, 2024
Facebook posts stated on November 02, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Says Elon Musk said, “I am releasing $1,000 Tesla e-bike today!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 12, 2024
Viral image stated on December 07, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 9, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Fox News reported on “an energy-saving device that can save 90% of electricity” from Elon Musk.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 11, 2023
Viral image stated on September 06, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk to fund new anti-woke show featuring Tucker Carlson.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 12, 2024
Threads posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Threads post:
Elon Musk criticized the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter on X, saying, “It’s disgusting how everyone is turning this guy into some kind of folk hero.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 10, 2024
Elon Musk stated on November 04, 2025 in an X post:
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2025
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
Elon Musk stated on February 28, 2025 in an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan:
“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2025
Elon Musk stated on May 02, 2022 in a tweet:
NBC News “covered up Hunter Biden laptop story.”
By Monique Curet• May 4, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2024 in a post:
Images show Taylor Swift with Elon Musk promoting a household energy consumption reduction device.
By Sara Swann• December 13, 2024

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By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 25, 2023

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