{"id":1463506,"date":"2022-05-04T10:14:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463506"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:15:01","slug":"fact-check-did-elon-musk-tweet-i-tried-to-buy-the-bidens-but-the-chinese-wouldnt-sell-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-elon-musk-tweet-i-tried-to-buy-the-bidens-but-the-chinese-wouldnt-sell-them\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Elon Musk Tweet, \u2018I Tried To Buy The Bidens, But The Chinese Wouldn\u2019t Sell Them\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-elon-musk-tweet-i-tried-to-buy-the-bidens-but-the-chinese-wouldnt-sell-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/c9VeM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid%3D5822125947813974%26set%3Dgm.2976875982624712%26type%3D3%26theater&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651679233699000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2KeSD_W1XanmYAzS5p21bc\">shared\u00a0on Facebook<\/a> claims Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he \u201ctried to buy the Bidens, but the Chinese wouldn\u2019t sell them.\u201d<br \/><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. There is no evidence Musk made such a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s board of directors accepted Musk\u2019s $44 billion offer to buy the entire company April 23, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/25\/technology\/musk-twitter-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. The deal would reportedly take the company private while buying all of the company\u2019s shares at $54.20 per share, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image appears to show an alleged tweet from Musk that reads, \u201cI tried to buy the Bidens, but the Chinese wouldn\u2019t sell them.\u201d The purported tweet may be a reference to Hunter Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/30\/hunter-biden-china-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business dealings in China<\/a>, which some have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/2022\/4\/sen-johnson-on-senate-floor-the-bidens-are-financially-tied-to-china-and-russia-where-is-the-public-outcry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> implicate President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. It does not appear on Musk\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=buy%20bidens%20(from%3Aelonmusk)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a> nor does it appear on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220501003109\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220503060400\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">versions<\/a> of Musk\u2019s account. There are also no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=elon+musk+i+tried+buying+the+bidens&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjfj7zEnMT3AhUBnnIEHfdTCxwQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=821&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> suggesting the Tesla CEO has made such a remark or criticized the Biden family for its connections to China.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reviewed an archive of Musk\u2019s deleted tweets on <a href=\"https:\/\/polititweet.org\/tweets?account=44196397&#038;deleted=True\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PolitiTweet<\/a>, a website that \u201cprotects the public record by maintaining a persistent archive of public figures\u2019 Tweets,\u201d but found nothing resembling the alleged tweet. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/29\/fact-check-musk-trump-dumbass-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Elon Musk Call Donald Trump A \u2018Dumbass\u2019 On Twitter?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk has been the target of fake tweets and misinformation in the wake of his Twitter acquisition. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/27\/fact-check-elon-musk-facebook-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a fake tweet from him that alleged he planned to delete Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared\u00a0on Facebook claims Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he \u201ctried to buy the Bidens, but the Chinese wouldn\u2019t sell them.\u201dVerdict: FalseThe tweet is digitally fabricated. There is no<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1481542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}