{"id":2403392,"date":"2025-02-17T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-elon-musk-just-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:27:52","slug":"fact-check-was-elon-musk-just-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-elon-musk-just-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Was Elon Musk Just Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?"},"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\">24<\/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-was-elon-musk-just-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize%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=2403392&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 \u2062article discusses \u2063Elon Musk&#8217;s nomination \u2063for the nobel Peace\u2063 Prize in 2025 for his contributions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-majority-of-liberal-college-students-are-not-proud-to-be-american\/\" title=\"Survey: Majority Of Liberal College Students Are Not Proud To Be American\">promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a><\/a>. The nomination was announced by Juanita Broaddrick on her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">social media account<\/a>, where she highlighted the significance of Musk&#8217;s support for this basic human right. Slovenian MEP Branko Grims was the one who formally nominated Musk, \u2062commending his efforts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/censorship-is-the-threat-to-democracy-not-elon-musk\/\" title=\"Censorship Is The Threat To Democracy, Not ...\">advancing free speech<\/a>, especially \u2064following his acquisition of Twitter, which he claimed greatly benefited Western civilization.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that Nobel Prize nominees are not officially disclosed by the committee, but nominators can share their proposals publicly.It also highlights the \u2064last American recipient of the prize was Barack Obama \u200cin 2009 \u200cand mentions that Musk was also nominated previously by another Norwegian politician. Support for\u2062 Musk&#8217;s nomination has been widespread, with various\u200d social media\u2063 users expressing their approval. The article reflects on the broader context of speaking\u2064 out for free speech as a critical human right in today&#8217;s world.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finding social media posts about Elon Musk are easy. Finding ones that accurate? Now there&rsquo;s a discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Juanita Broaddrick, who has long claimed she was sexually assaulted by former President Bill Clinton while he was attorney general of Arkansas, d some good <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atensnut\/status\/1890629075523297766?mx=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BREAKING: Elon Musk has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-nominated-nobel-peace-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> for Promoting Free Speech!!!&rdquo; she posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Elon Musk has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for Promoting Free Speech!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nrrvU0jt7P\">pic.twitter.com\/nrrvU0jt7P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atensnut\/status\/1890629075523297766?\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Prize panel does not announce nominees, although those who sponsor a particular person are free to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The last American to win the Nobel Peace Prize was former President Barack Obama, who won the award in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, Branko Grims, a Slovenian member of the European Parliament, abounded back in January that he had nominated Musk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The proposal that Mr. Elon Musk, for his consistent support for the fundamental human right of freedom of speech and thus for peace, receives the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, was successfully submitted today. Sincere thanks to all the co-proposers and everyone who helped with this&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QdI4fnbzdU\">pic.twitter.com\/QdI4fnbzdU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Branko Grims (@BrankoGrimsX1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrankoGrimsX1\/status\/1884595387463315961?\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The proposal that Mr. Elon Musk, for his consistent support for the fundamental human right of freedom of speech and thus for peace, receives the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, was successfully submitted today,&rdquo; Grims wrote in a Jan 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrankoGrimsX1\/status\/1884595387463315961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Grims said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-musk-allege-us-government-paid-mainstream-media-outlet-millions-large-scale-social-deception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> deserved the award for advancing &ldquo;free speech,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5116716-elonn-musk-nobel-peace-prize-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128064;&#128680;JUST IN: Elon Musk has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for promoting Free Speech.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerrickEvans4WV\/status\/1890622020045451334?\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I propose that Elon Musk receives the Nobel Peace Prize for the next year because he did much more for the freedom of speech, which is a basic human right, much more than anybody else in the third millennium,&rdquo; he said then.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s purchase of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-doubles-free-speech-offers-ominous-warning-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> was &ldquo;the best of what [could have] happened for Western civilization in the last few years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Many on X showed support for the nomination.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;HOLY COW:&#65532; Elon Musk has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for protecting Free Speech<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?\">@ElonMusk<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFRw4EIZwe\">pic.twitter.com\/VFRw4EIZwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carter Hughes (@itscarterhughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itscarterhughes\/status\/1890558574360666478?\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Musk was nominated last year for the award by Norwegian Parliament member Marius Nilsen.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the past due to his work developing the Abraham Accords that forged ties between Israel and its Arab neighbors.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Recently, Juanita Broaddrick, who has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by former President Bill Clinton during his time as Arkansas attorney general, shared some positive news on X: \u201cBREAKING: Elon Musk has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for Promoting Free Speech!!!\u201d The Nobel Prize committee does not disclose nominees, although nominators can announce their selections. The last American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize was Barack Obama in 2009. Slovenian MEP Branko Grims announced in January that he had nominated Musk for the award due to his steadfast support of free speech as a fundamental human right and its connection to peace. 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