White House Slams Elon Musk's Support for Antisemitic Tweets on X

The White House has condemned a post-Elon Musk made on his recently-acquired social media platform X, formerly Twitter, embracing an antisemitic claim by another account that accused Jews of publishing hatred against white people.

(Photo: Belinda Jiao/Getty Images)
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, arrives at Downing Street on November 2, 2023, in London, England. This afternoon, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak featured tech tycoon Elon Musk in a live-streamed conversation during the two-day AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK Government.

War of Tweets

Okay.

Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.

I'm deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing…
— The Artist Formerly Known as Eric (@breakingbaht) November 15, 2023

Earlier this week, an X user posted accusations that Jews pushed hatred against white people, saying he was "deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest s*** now about western Jewish populations," realizing that "minorities that support flooding their country don't exactly like them too much."

You have said the actual truth
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2023

In response, Musk made a six-word reply: "You have said the actual truth."

Later in the thread, Musk targeted the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization fighting antisemitism and other racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination.

The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel.

This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat.

It is not right and needs to stop.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2023

"The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel," he wrote. "This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat."

Responding to the mention, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called Musk out, as well as called out the danger of promoting antisemitic theories.

At a time when antisemitism is exploding in America and surging around the world, it is indisputably dangerous to use one's influence to validate and promote antisemitic theories. #NeverIsNow pic.twitter.com/vVlyOeoS5x
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) November 16, 2023

"At a time when antisemitism is exploding in America and surging around the world, it is indisputably dangerous to use one's influence to validate and promote antisemitic theories," he wrote while including a screenshot of Musk's post.

On Thursday (November 16), X CEO Linda Yaccarino posted that the platform has been "extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination."

X’s point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board -- I think that's something we can and should all agree on. When it comes to this platform -- X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and…
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) November 16, 2023

"There's no place for it anywhere in the world -- it's ugly and wrong. Full stop," she added.

White House Responds to Musk's Musings

NBC News reported that the White House has since responded to the X back-and-forth on Friday (November 17).

"We condemn this abhorrent promotion of Antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans," White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement. "We all have a responsibility to bring people together against hate, and an obligation to speak out against anyone who attacks the dignity of their fellow Americans and compromises the safety of our communities."

Bates stressed that it was "unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of Antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust."

"Like President Biden said weeks ago memorializing the victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting, the October 7 'devastating atrocity has brought to the surface painful memories left by millennia of Antisemitism;' and under his presidency 'we will continue to condemn Antisemitism at every turn," he added.