{"id":2364321,"date":"2024-11-05T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T10:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:39:05","slug":"elon-musk-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: Kamala Harris Will &#8216;Shut Down&#8217; X If Elected President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Felon-musk-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president%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=2364321&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--><p>The\u200c article discusses Elon Musk&#8217;s predictions regarding Kamala Harris potentially shutting down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-barkley-goes-on-profane-bud-light-rant-has-nasty-message-for-anyone-boycotting-brand\/\" title=\"Charles Barkley passionately defends Bud Light, delivering a strong message to boycott critics.\">social media \u200cplatform<\/a> \u2064X (formerly known as \u200bTwitter) if she is elected\u2063 president. During \u200ban appearance on\u2064 Joe Rogan&#8217;s podcast, Musk expressed concerns\u200c that Harris would use the Justice Department to target the platform, citing her administration&#8217;s possible \u200dalignment with disinformation groups like the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). He \u200dargued that current boycotts against X \u200dmight ease if Donald Trump is re-elected but would likely intensify under a Harris presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Musk \u2062criticized the government&#8217;s tactics, suggesting they could claim &#8220;misinformation&#8221; \u2063as a \u2063pretext for legal action against X, noting that such practices already occur, as evidenced by ongoing lawsuits against companies like SpaceX. He likened the government&#8217;s\u2063 approach\u2063 to \u2062a quote by Soviet\u200c official Lavrentiy Beria, asserting that authorities could fabricate charges once they select a target. This conversation aligns with Rogan&#8217;s\u2064 recent endorsement of Trump, where he echoed Musk&#8217;s views, prompting discussions about the implications of political power on free speech.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7qZl_5xHoBw\">PowerfulJRE\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-predicts-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Elon%20Musk%20Predicts%20Kamala%20Harris%20Will%20%E2%80%98Shut%20Down%E2%80%99%20X%20If%20Elected%20President&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-predicts-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Elon%20Musk%20Predicts%20Kamala%20Harris%20Will%20%E2%80%98Shut%20Down%E2%80%99%20X%20If%20Elected%20President&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-predicts-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-predicts-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Elon%20Musk%20Predicts%20Kamala%20Harris%20Will%20%E2%80%98Shut%20Down%E2%80%99%20X%20If%20Elected%20President&amp;body='There's%20no%20way%20that%20the%20Kamala%20puppet%20regime%20would%20allow%20X%20to%20exist,'%20Musk%20said.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-predicts-kamala-harris-will-shut-down-x-if-elected-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>X owner Elon Musk predicted on Monday that Kamala Harris will weaponize the Justice Department to shut down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gab-ceo-i-had-very-close-relationships-with-facebook-and-twitteri-got-to-see-the-evils-of-their-business-model-for-many-yearswhat-were-s\/\" title=\"GAB CEO: \u201cI had very close relationships with Facebook and Twitter\u2026\u201dI got to see the evils of their business model for many years\u201d\u2026\u201dWhat we\u2019re seeing in America right now is the rise of Communism\u201d[VIDEO]\">free speech platform<\/a> if elected president this week. The moment came during the SpaceX founder&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7qZl_5xHoBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appearance<\/a> on comedian Joe Rogan&rsquo;s podcast.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Musk referenced the U.K.-based &ldquo;disinformation&rdquo; group known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/center-for-countering-digital-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Countering Digitial Hate (CCDH)<\/a> and its attempts to, as the billionaire described, &ldquo;push[] &hellip; advertisers to boycott [X].&rdquo; As my colleague Tristan Justice previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/02\/documents-left-wing-censorship-organization-obtained-u-s-tax-exemption-on-false-pretenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/02\/documents-left-wing-censorship-organization-obtained-u-s-tax-exemption-on-false-pretenses\/\">ed<\/a>, CCDH is &ldquo;integral to the left&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">dystopian censorship regime&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and colluded with NBC News in 2020 &ldquo;to pressure Google into demonetizing The Federalist and Zero Hedge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-838e3ade518eaccde2972c49536efd41 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-838e3ade518eaccde2972c49536efd41\"><\/div>\n<p>Musk said that &ldquo;some of the boycott[s]&rdquo; against X are &ldquo;starting to lift,&rdquo; and predicted that &ldquo;most&rdquo; of them will go away if Donald Trump is elected president. He further noted that the boycotts &ldquo;will get stronger&rdquo; if Harris wins and that her administration would &ldquo;shut down [X].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way that the Kamala puppet regime would allow X to exist,&rdquo; Musk said. <\/p>\n<p>When pressed by Rogan on how he thinks a Harris administration could accomplish such a feat, the Tesla CEO suggested they could &ldquo;sic the DOJ&rdquo; on X by citing so-called &ldquo;misinformation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve had this whole thing about like hate speech, misinformation, whatever, except that they&rsquo;re the ones pushing the misinformation,&rdquo; Musk said.&nbsp;&ldquo;But that doesn&rsquo;t stop them from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-warns-that-if-harris-wins-she-will-sic-the-doj-on-x-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Musk warns that if Harris wins, she will \u2018sic the DOJ\u2019 on X - Washington Examiner\">filing massive lawsuits<\/a> and using the DOJ.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c7e3b421585119d525292b1e3832c0c3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c7e3b421585119d525292b1e3832c0c3\"><\/div>\n<p>As an example, Musk cited how the DOJ is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-sues-spacex-discriminating-against-asylees-and-refugees-hiring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suing<\/a> SpaceX &ldquo;for not hiring asylum seekers, even though it is illegal for SpaceX to hire anyone who is not a permanent resident of the U.S.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But it doesn&rsquo;t even make any sense logically.&nbsp;Like how could it even get brought to court if it&rsquo;s illegal?&rdquo; Rogan asked. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Exactly.&nbsp;So that&rsquo;s what I mean.&nbsp;Like basically if the government wants to go after you, they&rsquo;ll just find a reason,&rdquo; Musk said.<\/p>\n<p>The X owner cited a famous quote by Joseph Stalin&rsquo;s secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria, who once said, &ldquo;Show me the man and I&rsquo;ll show you the crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3f94edf92fd23ff1d243a36c47ce5e8a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3f94edf92fd23ff1d243a36c47ce5e8a\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;They decide that you&rsquo;re the target and then they figure out the crime afterwards.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s the issue.&nbsp;They decided SpaceX was the target. They just figured out the crime afterwards,&rdquo; Musk said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Which is so crazy because that&rsquo;s exactly what they&rsquo;re saying Trump is going to do if he gets into office,&rdquo; Rogan said, to which Musk replied, &ldquo;They&rsquo;re doing all the things that they accused Trump of doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk and Rogan&rsquo;s conversation was released the same day the latter officially endorsed Trump for president. In a tweet posted Monday night, Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joerogan\/status\/1853614670764015762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;[Elon] makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you&rsquo;ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way. For the record, yes, that&rsquo;s an endorsement of Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d2a93cbe9d7ded8c6a197e3b96a237c8 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d2a93cbe9d7ded8c6a197e3b96a237c8\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">previously served<\/a> as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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