Musk Lies That Spending Bill Funds “Bioweapons Labs”

Politico reports:

Among the 100-plus tweets Musk sent Wednesday were a number of misleading or outright false claims — a worrying start to the mogul’s new role as co-leader of a Trump-blessed effort to slash government funding. Musk is repeatedly posting on X that a government shutdown wouldn’t have any significant consequences for the country. He responded “YES” to a post that read, “Just close down the govt until January 20th. Defund everything. We will be fine for 33 days.”

Another Musk post said a shutdown “doesn’t actually shut down critical functions.” Musk reposted a claim that the bill would provide $3 billion for a new NFL stadium in Washington. Not true: The bill transfers control of the site of the existing RFK Stadium to the D.C. local government. Musk reposted a screenshot from Libs of Tiktok claiming that the legislation would fund “bioweapon labs.” That is false: The provision in question would establish regional biocontainment laboratories as part of a larger pandemic preparedness plan.

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We’re funding bioweapon labs in this bill! https://t.co/gYAfqrUmjI

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

Musk Sends Blatantly False Tweet About ‘Bioweapon Labs’ That Is Reposted More Than 30,000 Times https://t.co/CmyUbjNltn

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 18, 2024