Elon Musk Gets FACT CHECKED After Praising DeSantis, Fact Checkers Stand Up For Trump!

Elon Musk has clearly shown he plans to back Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign.

Musk even helped DeSantis launch his presidential campaign on Twitter through a Twitter Space.

Now, you may say this is just a business decision, but Musk told Twitter users in 2022 that he would vote for DeSantis if he runs for President.

Yes

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2022

Now in a new tweet Musk tweeted “Lot of noise about Ron DeSantis
announcing & discussing his Presidential bid on this platform. But you what isn’t noise? Setting an all-time record for fundraising!”

Musk statement wasn’t true and as a result he was fact checked by Twitter’s Community Notes.

The Community Notes corrected Musk and tweeted “This tweet is factually incorrect. Trump raised $25M in 2019. Removing large donors, it’s still $14M.Furthermore half of Gov. DeSantis’ donations came via donor event that started in advance of the Space.”

Take a look:

Lot of noise about @RonDeSantis announcing & discussing his Presidential bid on this platform.

But you what isn’t noise? Setting an all-time record for fundraising!

Worth considering for announcements in general. https://t.co/8cGlxiHhHS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2023

Per The Street:

Musk did not give up. The billionaire wants to change the narrative surrounding this event at all costs. He seems ready to seize on any argument even if this means exaggerating the facts. This is what he has just done with the fundraising figures announced by the DeSantis campaign. The problem is that Musk was corrected by Community Notes, a type of fact check system he set up on Twitter.

“Lot of noise about @RonDeSantis announcing & discussing his Presidential bid on this platform,” the billionaire said on May 26, with a link to a CBS’ story saying that DeSantis raised “$8.2 million in first 24 hours” after launching his presidential campaign. “But you what isn’t noise? Setting an all-time record for fundraising!”

He then encouraged organizations and other presidential hopefuls to consider Twitter for their big news: “Worth considering for announcements in general,” Musk said.

He Won’t Let His Critics Write the Story
The billionaire was immediately corrected by Community Notes, his weapon against non-accurate facts and misleading tweets.

“This tweet is factually incorrect,” the fact check program, which allows users to add context to tweets in order to maintain content quality and reduce misinformation on the platform, flagged on Musk’s post. “Trump raised $25M in 2019. Removing large donors, it’s still $14M.