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Following his takeover of Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk uncovered previous communications between the social platform and politicians who hope to increase their influence on Americans.
Musk directly called out Democrat Adam Schiff for attempting to convince Twitter to illegally censor Americans.
While Schiff spent years falsely claiming President Donald Trump was colluding with Russia in the 2016 presidential election, Schiff was actually the person colluding with social media giants to illegally violate Americans’ right to free speech.
Hey @RepAdamSchiff, what’s this?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2023
“Hey @RepAdamSchiff, what’s this?” Musk said, and attached a photo proving that Schiff’s office asked Twitter to censor Americans.
Behind the scenes, Schiff directly asked Twitter to ban people who he didn’t like, such as journalist Paul Sherry. Schiff’s efforts paid off as Sherry was eventually banned from Twitter.
Months earlier, it’s easy to see why Schiff was publicly criticizing Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Schiff likely feared that all of his dirty laundry would get out.
Schiff complained, “Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist to justify turning a blind eye to hatred and bigotry on Twitter. But when journalists report unfavorable news, they are banned without warning. The devotion to free speech is apparently not that absolute. But the hypocrisy is.”
BREAKING: Elon Musk exposes Adam Schiff for telling Twitter to ban investigative journalist Paul Sperry.
Looks like the only person colluding all these years was Adam Schiff.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 3, 2023
Musk shot back, “Thankfully, you lose your chairmanship very soon. Your brain is too small.”
Musk also criticized Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren who claimed Tesla investors would be “harmed” by Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Warren even wrote a letter and sent it to Tesla.
“Elizabeth Warren has written a letter to Tesla’s board asking whether investors have been harmed by the billionaire tech mogul’s time running the social network, per NYT,” one source said.