Musk responds to Soros tweet criticism: ‘I’m a pro-semite’

During an interview with CNBC anchor David Faber, Musk is asked about his tweets that compared Soros to Magneto, and claimed he ‘hated humanity’, which led to accusations of anti-semitism from the Anti-Defamation League. Musk says he is not an anti-semite.

This is freedom of speech — I’m allowed to say what I want…I’m like a pro-semite, if anything…

Musk also says he will continue to speak freely even if it hurts Twitter, and his other companies, financially:

You know, I’m reminded of a scene in ‘The Princess Bride,’ great movie, where [Mandy Patinkin’s character, Inigo Montoya] confronts the person who kills his father. And he says, ‘Offer me money. Offer me power. I don’t care…I’ll say what I want to say, and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it.

Elon Musk is asked about his Tweet saying George Soros reminds him of Magneto 🤣 pic.twitter.com/4gfsURVGIF

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) May 16, 2023