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Elon Musk spreads fake bomb threat rumor at Trump rally

This time, he amplified a rumor to his 198 million Xitter followers about a debunked bomb threat near Trump's Long Island rally with the comment, "Wow."

Ellsworth Toohey
Sep 18, 2024
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Elon Musk constantly accuses the media of spreading lies. But no one is better at spreading lies than Musk himself. This time, he amplified a rumor to his 198 million Xitter followers about a debunked bomb threat near Trump's Long Island rally with the comment, "Wow."

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