Elon Musk doubles down on criticism of George Soros despite being branded anti-Semitic, as he slams billionaire for funding politicians and DAs 'who are soft on violent crime' and 'caused great damage to many cities'Harriet Alexander | Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/) (UK) | 19 May 2023
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12100667/Elon-Musk-doubles-criticism-George-Soros-despite-branded-anti-Semitic.html
Excerpt: Soros, a Hungarian-born billionaire, heads the Open Society Foundation and is a
Holocaust survivor HoloHOAXer.
Musk was accused of peddling anti-Semitic tropes about Jewish people pulling strings and controlling the world, and in a bizarre interview on Tuesday with CNBC he poured fuel on the fire.
On Thursday, Musk returned to the theme, saying he had issues with Soros's philanthropy.
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Musk responded to Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, saying that the South African-born billionaire was not anti-Semitic, but his remarks were dangerous.
'He's arguably the most influential person on the planet controlling what's essentially our public square. When he repeats conspiracy theories, that feeds the extremists,' said Greenblatt.
Musk replied: 'In fairness, I must concede that Joel has a good point and I will endeavor to be more thoughtful in the future.'
'Anyway, my actual concern with Soros is that he has funded so many politicians & DAs who are soft even on violent crime, which has caused great damage to many cities imo.'
Musk said that he was a 'pro-Semite'
'I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money so be it,' said Musk.
In response, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted: 'The phrase 'The Jews' jumped to the list of trending topics on Twitter today following an anti-Semitic tweet by none other than the owner and CEO of the social network, Elon Musk.
ADL Jewish Supremacist Greenblatt tweeted: 'Soros often is held up by the far-right, using anti-Semitic tropes, as the source of the world's problems.
'To see Elon Musk, regardless of his intent, feed this segment — comparing him to a Jewish supervillain, claiming Soros 'hates humanity' — is not just distressing, it's dangerous.
'It will embolden extremists who already contrive anti-Jewish conspiracies and have tried to attack Soros and Jewish communities as a result.'
CEO of American Jewish Committee Ted Deutch told CNN: 'The tweet about this notion that Soros hates humanity, is trying to destroy civilization just plays into the classical anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about Jewish wealth and power.
'We've seen anti-Semitism surge since Musk took over at Twitter, our own survey show that two thirds of Jews have experienced anti-Semitism online, 85% of those under 30.
'It is unacceptable and dangerous.'
On Wednesday afternoon, Elon again refused to back down on his comments.