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Ten claims Elon Musk made or shared, and the record

Most are his own posts, shown as they appear on X. One is from a speech and one is a White House claim he promoted. Under each is what fact-checkers, courts or regulators found, with sources.

How these were chosen: each is a case where a fact-checker, court or regulator ruled on the specific claim, or where he deleted or corrected it himself. They are examples of particular claims, not a measure of how often he is right or wrong.

A chart about mass shootings11 February 2026

Elon Musk@elonmuskWowTaya Bass@travelingflyingImage in the quoted post20.6M views, 11 Feb 2026 View on X
The recordLead Stories rated the chart fake, and AFP found it inflated the figures. The Gun Violence Archive counts five mass shootings with a transgender shooter since 2013, about 0.1% of the total.

“Voter importation”20 February 2025

On stage at CPAC“a giant voter importation scam”As reported by PolitiFact
The recordPolitiFact found no evidence that the Biden administration was bringing people into the country to vote, and rated the claim Pants on Fire. Only citizens can vote in federal elections, and noncitizen voting is rare: in 2016, officials overseeing 23.5 million votes referred about 30 suspected cases for investigation.

FEMA and New York hotels10 February 2025

Elon Musk@elonmuskThe @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. … That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!66.9M views, 10 Feb 2025 View on X
The recordThe money came from a migrant shelter program created by Congress and paid for by Customs and Border Protection, not FEMA’s disaster relief fund. New York paid about $156 a night per room. PolitiFact rated the claim False.

$50 million in condoms for GazaJanuary 2025

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28 January 2025, a claim Musk promoted on X“found that there was about to be 50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza”As reported by CNN
The recordUSAID had not provided condom aid anywhere in the Middle East from 2021 to 2023, and there was no such plan for Gaza province in Mozambique either. Asked about it two weeks later, he said: “Some of the things that I say will be incorrect, and should be corrected.”
  • CNN, 12 February 2025

The Pennsylvania Senate count13 November 2024

Elon Musk@elonmuskThe Democratic Party senate candidate in Pennsylvania is trying to change the outcome of the election by counting NON-CITIZEN votes, which is illegal.

That has been their goal all along. They are just flat-out openly doing crime now.Mark Davin Harris@markdharrisIt’s very important to understand what Casey wants to do is totally unprecedented. (And ILLEGAL)24.7M views, 13 Nov 2024 View on X
The recordBob Casey’s campaign never asked for non-citizen votes to be counted. The dispute was over provisional ballots, and a county election lawyer said the hearings had no “discussion about illegal aliens trying to vote”. PolitiFact rated the claim False.

Michigan’s voter rolls19 October 2024

Elon Musk@elonmuskMichigan has more registered voters than eligible citizens!? Is that true @CommunityNotes?@amuse@amuseELECTION INTEGRITY: Michigan FINALLY cleaned its voter rolls of 330,000 dead people and non-citizens. Despite this herculean effort the state STILL has 100,000 more registered voters than …32.4M views, 19 Oct 2024 View on X
The recordHe posted it as a question to Community Notes, quoting a post that called the gap “a huge risk of election fr@ud”. PolitiFact rated that claim False: the extra registrations were inactive records, which Michigan removes after a set period, and don’t mean ineligible people voted. His post was later given a community note, and Michigan’s secretary of state called the claims “dangerous misinformation”.

FEMA and Hurricane Helene4 October 2024

Elon Musk@elonmuskJust received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina. @FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help! …41.6M views, 4 Oct 2024 View on X
The recordNeither FEMA nor the Federal Aviation Administration was stopping relief flights, and PolitiFact rated the claim False. That evening, after speaking with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Musk posted: “Thanks for helping simplify the FAA (Notice to Airmen). Support flights are now underway.” By 8 October that post had 970,000 views; his original posts had nearly 70 million.

A newspaper headline during the UK riots8 August 2024

Elon Musk@elonmuskShared an image of a Daily Telegraph headline saying the UK government was considering “emergency detainment camps” in the Falkland Islands for people arrested in the riots.Deleted post. Described by Lead Stories
The recordThe Telegraph said: “No such article has ever been published by the Telegraph.” He deleted the post after it passed 900,000 views.

The attack on Paul Pelosi30 October 2022

Elon Musk@elonmuskReplying to @HillaryClintonThere is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eyeDeleted post. Quoted by Semafor
The recordThe site he linked made false claims about the attack. He deleted the reply the same day. Police and court evidence released in January 2023 disproved the rumours, and he then posted a brief apology.

Taking Tesla private7 August 2018

Elon Musk@elonmuskAm considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.7 Aug 2018 View on X
The recordThe SEC charged him with securities fraud over this tweet. He settled, paid a $20 million fine and stepped down as Tesla’s chairman. In a 2023 investor lawsuit the judge ruled the tweets “false and reckless”; the jury found him not liable for investors’ losses.