{"id":1464853,"date":"2022-05-05T10:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464853"},"modified":"2022-05-05T10:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:15:31","slug":"fact-check-did-elon-musk-tweet-that-he-plans-to-buy-dominion-voting-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-elon-musk-tweet-that-he-plans-to-buy-dominion-voting-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Elon Musk Tweet That He Plans To Buy Dominion Voting Systems?"},"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\">28<\/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-that-he-plans-to-buy-dominion-voting-systems%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=1464853&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lucy.spaar\/posts\/10220152819198959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk announcing his intention to purchase Dominion Voting Systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. There is no record of Musk making such a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Musk<\/span> placed a successful $44 billion bid to purchase the social media platform Twitter April 25, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/exclusive-twitter-set-accept-musks-best-final-offer-sources-2022-04-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. An image shared on Facebook claims the Tesla CEO has plans to acquire another company as well.<\/p>\n<p>The image shows what appears to be a screenshot of an April 25 tweet from Musk that reads, \u201cI\u2019m going to buy Dominion next and incorporate that technology to Tesla, I can make 100 cars a day and 60 more will show up over night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claim appears to be in reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominionvoting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominion Voting Systems<\/a>, an election technology firm that has been the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/29\/fact-check-70-lawyers-dominion-voting-systems-stop-election-audit-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/01\/07\/fact-check-audit-dominion-voting-systems-nevada-error-70-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conspiracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/02\/fact-check-myanmar-dominion-voting-systems-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">theories<\/a> that allege it helped rig the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. None of Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Dominion%20(from%3Aelonmusk)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real tweets<\/a> mention any intent to purchase the company. There is also no record of such a tweet on the website <a href=\"https:\/\/polititweet.org\/figure?account=44196397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PolitiTweet<\/a>, which tracks Musk\u2019s deleted tweets, or in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220426012648\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220501012857\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">versions<\/a> of his Twitter account.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/01\/20\/fact-check-nancy-pelosi-chief-staff-ceo-dominion-voting-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Is Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Chief Of Staff Also The CEO Of Dominion Voting Systems?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact found no credible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Elon+Musk+Dominion+Voting+Systems&#038;oq=Elon+Musk+Dominion+Voting+Systems&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l3j33i299.9758j1j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> about Musk announcing his intention to buy Dominion Voting Systems. The image appears to have been created by photoshopping the alleged statement over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1518623997054918657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a> of Musk\u2019s genuine April 25 tweets, which reads, \u201cI hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1518623997054918657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first time a fake tweet attributed to Musk has gone viral. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/04\/fact-check-elon-musk-tweet-biden-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> recently debunked a viral claim that alleged he tweeted that he \u201ctried to buy the Bidens, but the Chinese wouldn\u2019t sell them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk announcing his intention to purchase Dominion Voting Systems.Verdict: False The tweet is digitally fabricated. 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