Elon Musk has threatened to sue after former Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., used a latest TV look on CNN to name President Donald Trump’s high adviser a “Nazi” and a “thief.”
“I’ve had sufficient. Lawsuit inbound,” Musk wrote on X on Friday, replying to a clip of Bowman’s latest spherical desk dialogue on CNN.
Bowman, who was defeated in final July’s Democratic main by a centrist pro-Israel candidate, advised a panel of commentators that the “American folks don’t belief Elon Musk and Elon Musk is incompetent in his place.”
“How do we all know? As a result of they fired tens of hundreds of individuals, was challenged in court docket. The court docket stated the folks have to return, and now the persons are coming again,” Bowman advised CNN.
“He’s incompetent. He’s a thief. He’s a Nazi. And folks don’t belief him,” Bowman claimed of Musk.
Left-wing media accused Musk of doing a “Nazi salute” when the tech billionaire addressed a crowd on Trump’s Inauguration Day.
His mom, Maye Musk, known as on her son to sue CNN and different retailers for peddling the “Nazi salute” narrative.
Different Democrats have lauded fascist claims towards Musk, together with Bowman’s former fellow “Squad” member, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., who stated final month Musk was a “Nazi nepo child.”
Bowman, a former member of the progressive, left-wing “Squad” of Democrats of colour within the Home of Representatives, was defeated by George Latimer in July’s Democratic main in New York’s sixteenth congressional district. Bowman, who accused Israel of “genocide” throughout its conflict towards Hamas terrorists, claimed that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the deep-pocketed pro-Israel group, spent hundreds of thousands to “brainwash” voters towards him.
The Home notably censured Bowman in 2023 for pulling a hearth alarm within the Capitol to interrupt authorities shutdown negotiations.
Those that supported Musk’s potential authorized motion included conservative journalist Andy Ngo, who notably garnered recognition after being assaulted by Antifa rioters in Portland, Oregon, in 2019.
“Accusing folks of crimes shouldn’t be protected opinion. CNN is placing itself susceptible to legal responsibility for bringing on company who repeat probably defamatory claims unchallenged,” Ngo wrote.
“Sue him! Defamation towards conservatives can’t go unaddressed or it would by no means finish,” Rep. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote from his private X account.
“Combat again!” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., additionally wrote.
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