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Musk hosts X Spaces talk with AfD's Alice Weidel; her Hitler claim rated false
What he said or did
Musk held a live X Spaces conversation with AfD chancellor candidate Alice Weidel, saying People really need to get behind the AfD.
When Weidel said Hitler was a communist, Musk interjected that Hitler had nationalised companies.
Background
About 200,000 users listened, according to NPR. The European Commission said it would monitor the broadcast for possible Digital Services Act issues.
Official response
Chancellor Olaf Scholz told an interviewer Do not feed the troll!
(NPR).
Fact-checks and findings
Correctiv rated the claim that Hitler was a communist false, noting the Nazi regime persecuted communists, and said Nazi economic policy was not marked by nationalisations.
Sources
- NPR (via HPPR)10 Jan 2025
- Correctiv16 Jan 2025 · DE
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