Elon Musk keeps insisting the Texas shooter with a swastika tattoo is not a white supremacist

Elon Musk keeps insisting the Texas shooter with a swastika tattoo is not a white supremacist
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Elon Musk grins in a photo illustration, lifting his arms over his head triumphantly
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In an interview with CNBC Tuesday evening, Elon Musk defended spreading conspiracy theories about the deadly mass shooting in Texas earlier this month.

On May 9th, open-source intelligence research group Bellingcat posted a story with details about the shooter that indicated he held white supremacist and neo-Nazi views. Bellingcat’s story included social media posts from the Russian social network Odnoklassniki that traced back to the shooter, including photos featuring a large swastika tattoo and body armor with a RWDS (Right-Wing Death Squad, a far-right slogan) patch. The Texas Department of Public Safety has also said that the shooter showed indications of holding neo-Nazi ideology, with an official saying that “He had patches. He…

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