Elon Musk boosts fake Trump rally bomb threat and false claims about the election | CNN Business

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Elon Musk is using his social media platform to promote misinformation about the presidential candidates in the lead up to the November election, amplifying false claims Wednesday about a Trump rally bomb threat and immigrants eating pets in Ohio.

While Musk’s posting of provocative, incendiary content on X is nothing new, the speed with which he has promoted false claims in recent days is striking given the breadth of Musk’s digital reach, with his posts regularly finding their way atop users’ feeds.

The most prominent of Musk’s conspiratorial posts came in the wake of an alleged second assassination attempt on former President

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