Washington DC - Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer has taken aim at on his X platform, and the billionaire is not having any of it.
X CEO Elon Musk (r.) responded to criticisms from conservative influencer Laura Loomer by getting rid of her blue checkmark and demonetizing her account. © Collage: JOE RAEDLE & Slaven Vlasic / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
In the last few days, Musk has surprised everyone by sharing posts on X the idea of bringing in immigrants legally through an H-1B visa program to work specialized tech jobs, an effort he "essential for America to keep winning."
His take evidently outraged Loomer – who has consistently shared anti-migrant sentiments – and led her to share tons of response posts heavily criticizing the X CEO as well as Vivek Ramaswamy, who .
She described the (DOGE) – the new agency Musk and Ramaswamy will run under President-elect 's incoming administration – as a "" that will be used to "" money towards "the pet projects of tech bro billionaires."
After Musk responded by accusing her of "trolling for attention" and demanding his followers "ignore" her, Loomer shared a lengthy response, attempting to expose Musk.
"You bought your way into MAGA 5 minutes ago after Trump almost had his head blown off in ," Loomer wrote.
"PS: you aren't President. Trump is," she added. "As he already has a beautiful wife. I'm not sure what role you're trying to fill."
Elon Musk speaking during an America PAC town hall on October 26, 2024, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. © Samuel Corum / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Loomer continued sharing posts criticizing Musk and Ramaswamy throughout the day on Thursday.
In one , she made a racist dig and criticized Ramaswamy's Indian heritage, and in , she accused Musk of being "opposed to training white American men to work in tech."
On Thursday evening, Musk shared a announcing that accounts on X "found to be engaged in coordinated attacks to spam target accounts" will be categorized as "spam."
Just an hour later, Loomer that her blue check had been removed, and her account had been demonetized by Musk.
As Musk has regularly argued in favor of absolute free speech, Loomer accused him of having "silenced MAGA" and not really supporting free speech "for all."
Musk has remained silent on the matter, but when one user commented, "Translation: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes," he simply replied, "Yes."
