by Elizabeth Weibel
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about former President Donald Trump’s stance on abortion.
“When will politicians, or at least the intern who runs their account, learn that lying on this platform doesn’t work anymore?” Musk wrote in an X post, which included a screenshot of Harris’s X post, which claimed, “Donald Trump would ban abortion nationwide.”
When will politicians, or at least the intern who runs their account, learn that lying on this platform doesn’t work anymore? pic.twitter.com/wP7H4AJFwG
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2024
Trump revealed his stance on abortion in April in a video released on Truth Social, stating that abortion is about “the will of the people” and is an issue that should be left up to the states to decide.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, that states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land,” Trump said in his video.
The former president also clarified in his video that states would set “different” limits on abortion, some being “more conservative than others”: