--- description: The billionaire owner of the platform has repeatedly been criticized for promoting content attacking Jewish people at a time of rising antisemitism. title: Elon Musk Calls Antisemitic Post on X ‘The Actual Truth’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt111811f353540e54/698a4260b21a9c3775507cce/elon-musk.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [extremism](/tag/extremism/) ## extremism Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Elon Musk Replies to Antisemitic Post on X, Labeling It ‘The Actual Truth’ ## Video: Elon Musk: 'We Have Democracy?' [Watch (HLS stream): Elon Musk: 'We Have Democracy?'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4h51x7p7.m3u8) (2:59)  _Published 2022-04-26. “We have democracy?” Elon Musk interjected, with an impish smile. He’d just been asked how worried he was about the state of the American system of government. “We have a sort of democracy, I guess,” Musk went on, balancing his toddler son on his knee at a party marking his selection as TIME’s Person of the Year last December._ by [Dana Hull / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Dana Hull / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Nov 16, 2023 3:35 PM CUTPublished: Nov 16, 2023 6:00 AM CUT  Elon Musk at an event in London on Nov. 2, 2023. Elon Musk at an event in London on Nov. 2, 2023.Kirsty Wigglesworth—WPA Pool/Getty Images by [Dana Hull / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Dana Hull / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Nov 16, 2023 3:35 PM CUTPublished: Nov 16, 2023 6:00 AM CUT Billionaire Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post on X, the social media site he owns, that attacked members of the Jewish community for pushing “dialectical hatred” against white people. “You have said the actual truth,” Musk said in his [reply](https://twitter.com/breakingbaht/status/1724892505647296620 "undefined") to the post. > [](https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines/status/1724918411438805153) Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and the world’s richest person with a net worth of around $225 billion, has repeatedly been criticized for promoting content attacking Jewish people at a time of rising antisemitism. Last year, the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy organization, called on Musk to apologize after he deleted a controversial tweet that made a satirical comparison between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Adolf Hitler. ### More From TIME **Read More:** [_Why Can’t More Americans Condemn Antisemitism?_](https://time.com/6334279/rising-antisemitism-october-7-attack-essay/ "undefined") Earlier this year, Musk blamed the Anti-Defamation League for a slump in U.S. advertising revenue on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. Ad sales are still down 60% “primarily due to pressure on advertisers” mounted by the ADL, he said in September after the organization said reports of harassment and extremist content spiked after Musk took over the company. At the time, Musk said he was “pro free speech” but against antisemitism “of any kind.” Responding to an X user on Wednesday who said that it’s unfair to make generalizations about Jewish communities promoting hatred toward white people, Musk wrote the person was “right that this does not extend to all Jewish communities, but it is also not just limited to ADL.” He added in another post that “I am deeply offended by ADL’s messaging and any other groups who push de facto anti-white racism or anti-Asian racism or racism of any kind.” > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1724934935943979269) Musk didn’t respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. 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