Elon Musk Agrees With Tweet Saying Americans Aren’t Smart Enough for Tech Jobs

Here’s a heartwarming story to cheer you up this holiday season: The baddest people you know are all fighting. D Maga vs Tech Rite Feud That began on Christmas, fueled by a split over allowing skilled immigrant workers into the state, escalated Thursday by Elon Musk. Trump’s “first friend” has allegedly declared far-right figures, including former Trump orbiter Laura Loomer, trolls and removed their verification status on Twitter.

Musk spent much of yesterday raising support for the H-1B visa programs, which allow American companies to hire noncitizens for specialized occupations and have become a favorite tool in the tech industry to attract global talent. He also did it in the most 4chan-ish way, Responding to the agreement from a Posted by Autism Capital The tech industry doesn’t hire Americans because “You guys are retarded.“

That puts him in the crosshairs of the nationalist right, which largely supported Trump because of his promise to limit immigration. Like statistics LoomerHosted by InfoWars Wayne SchroerAnd others have taken shots at other alt-right figures like Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for their narrow pro-immigration stances. As Musk withdrew from the conversation, chalking it up primarily to trolling, his biggest critics also removed their blue checkmarks from their profiles.

Loomer, sleepNewsmax contributor Gavin Waxand political action committees Conservative OG All lost their verification as a result of the H-1B visa war after clearly standing up to Musk and friends. De-verification will not only cost them check marks, but also payments from their attention-seeking posts and any income they’ve generated. Premium subscribers who supported them.

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🚨🚨🚨@EllenMask X removed my blue check mark because I dared to question his support for H1B visas, the replacement of American tech workers by Indian immigrants, and I questioned his relationship with China. picked up

Looks like Elon Musk is shushing me… pic.twitter.com/6hvTGCEZHw

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 27, 2024

These accounts may have lost their verified status due to being associated with ConservativeOG. One way to get verified on Twitter is through affiliation with a verified organization, which was previously seen by Conservative OGs. The golden checkmark that once appeared on his profile. At some point, the Conservative OG was dropped, and so was everyone associated with it. Loomer And the Conservative OG has ties, as seen in a Archived version of Loomer’s account It shows the ConservativeOG logo next to its verification badge. It’s unclear whether Loomer’s actions will cost the entire institution verification status.

Loomer is currently in Twitter jail. Suspended for 12 hours for a post In which he falsely accused Sriram Krishnan, Trump’s incoming senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence, of donating to Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy.

It’s worth noting that the checkmark purge appears to have reached beyond only those directly involved in the H-1B visa controversy. The RawAlerts account, which exclusively posts clickbait and drama-farming content, also His verification is lostand a the number of other Users have raised concerns that their verification status is being reviewed without explanation as to why.

Karfule musk in the middle of the whole immigration announcement A change to the Twitter algorithm that will “de-rank posts from users blocked or muted by it”Trusted, verified customer accounts”—a move that Lumer explained An attack on him Because nothing happened that wasn’t about him. But it is possible that the review of verification badges is related to algorithm adjustment.

Regardless, it appears Musk is running low on goodwill with MAGA loyalists. It’s clear that Musk and other technocrats who decided to stick with Trump are trying to turn the page and put the H-1B debate behind them, potentially trying to bury the accounts led by the opposition. But the far-right has only dug in its heels to further pursue the shadowy de-verification move and seems intent on continuing the fight. They could all lose.