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Elon Musk Strips MAGA Opponents Of Their Verification On X Over Immigration Dispute
Elon Musk has sparked a new controversy among the MAGA movement as he used X to censor fellow conservatives who disagreed with his politics.
On Thursday night, the X verification badges were removed from Gavin Mario Wax, Laura Loomer, Owen Shroyer and ConservativePAC’s accounts after they criticized Musk’s opinions on immigration and labor earlier in the day.
The topic of the H-1B visa has caused a rift between many conservatives as MAGA supporters argue about American work ethic in relation to immigration and race. Earlier this week, Loomer criticized support for H-1B visas on X, with posts slamming Musk’s stances and past racist remarks he made about Indian people.
In response, Musk posted to X, “Loomer is trolling for attention. Ignore.”
He soon announced via his account, “Any accounts found to be engaged in coordinated attacks to spam target accounts with mute/blocks will themselves be categorized – correctly – as spam.”
That evening, Loomer posted on X, “Right after @elonmusk called me a troll today, my account verification was taken away, my subscriptions were deactivated and I was banned from being able to buy premium even though I was already paying for premium. Clearly retaliation.”
ConservativePAC, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, also shared, “All of our influencers have now lost verification status, as well as our own page.”
The statement continued, “Our brand did nothing. We spoke out against HB1 visas and it appears that @elonmusk intentionally shut us down? Is this the new status quo from America’s ‘most free’ social media platform?”
Wax, a vocal critic of H-1B visas, shared on the site, “My verification badge is now under review. Weird! Didn’t change anything.”
H-1B visas allow U.S. businesses to temporarily employ foreign workers in certain fields, usually STEM. The tech industry has a long history of calling for more H-1B visas and relies heavily on foreign engineers and other skilled workers from China, India and other nations.
Earlier this week, Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy delivered passionate agruments over whether Americans or Asian immigrants would make the best employees at SpaceX.
Ramaswamy claimed on X, “A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.”
He further accentuated his point: “A culture that venerates Cory from Boy Meets World, or Zach & Slater over Screech in Saved by the Bell’ or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in Family Matters will not produce the best engineers.”
Musk agreed with Ramaswamy, “The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low.”
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Article by Baila Eve Zisman
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