While speaking at a town hall in the swing state of Pennsylvania Thursday, tech CEO Elon Musk repeated false conspiracy theories claiming that voting machines rig elections — an assertion that has been repeatedly debunked since it was pushed in the wake of the 2020 election by those seeking to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss.
“I’m a technologist, I know a lot about computers,” Musk told the crowd during the event. “And I’m like, the last thing I would do is trust a computer program, because it’s just too easy to hack.”
Musk, who owns the social media platform X, has emerged as one of the Trump’s fiercest supporters, appearing with him at a rally earlier this month and pouring $75 million into his PAC — making Musk one of the largest political spenders of the 2024 cycle.
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