‘Actual truth’: Musk expressed support for a post that accused Jews of weakening the West by supporting immigration.

The White House has condemned Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and owner of the US dollar Social media site X formerly known as Twitter for spreading a “vile” anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on his platform.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, White House spokesman Andrew Bates criticized Musk for calling an anti-Jewish tweet that accused Jews of undermining Western civilization by supporting immigration “the actual truth.” .

“We condemn in the strongest terms this vile promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hatred, which runs counter to our core values ​​as Americans,” Bates said.

Musk sparked a firestorm of criticism when he praised and repeated a post on X the beliefwhat is common among white nationalists is that white people in Western countries are being “replaced” by an influx of immigrants from countries in the Global South.

The conspiracy theory that Jews are responsible for enabling this “replacement” by supporting immigration and refugee resettlement is the same belief that motivated a right-wing extremist shooter who stormed a synagogue in the city of Pittsburgh and killed eleven believers.

This attack, which occurred in October 2018, was the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.

“It is unacceptable to repeat the vile lie behind the deadliest anti-Semitism in American history,” Bates said.

It’s not the first time Musk has used rhetoric on immigration that critics say mirrors that of the far right.

In September, Musk criticized Germany’s practice of rescuing endangered refugees Drowning in the Mediterranean and bringing them to Europe had “invasion feelings,” a term often used to portray migrants as a hostile force seeking to take over a country, rather than as people seeking refuge.

Musk has expressed little regret over the recent controversy.

On Thursday, the owner of .

“In the bullseye!!” Musk replied.

Advertisers are fleeing X because they fear their content will appear alongside pro-Nazi posts and hate speech on the site in general, the Associated Press news agency reported.

IBM announced this week that it was stopping advertising

“IBM does not tolerate hate speech or discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this completely unacceptable situation,” the company said in a statement.

Liberal advocacy group Media Matters said in a report Thursday that in addition to anti-Semitic material, X also had ads placed by Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal’s Bravo network and Comcast, according to the AP.