Elon Musk Agrees In Tweet That Americans Are Not Smart Enough For Tech Jobs

Here’s a heartwarming story to cheer you up this holiday season: the worst people you know are all fighting. The MAGA v. Technical Law Litigation It was escalated by Elon Musk on Thursday, which began over Christmas over a disagreement over whether to allow skilled immigrant workers into the state. Trump’s “first friend” has labeled far-right figures including former Trump orbiter Laura Loomer as trolls and deleted their Twitter endorsement status.

Musk spent much of yesterday bolstering support for the H-1B visa programs, which allow American companies to hire non-citizens for skilled trades and become a favorite tool for attracting global talent in the tech industry. And he did it in the most 4chan-ish way possible, he answers in agreement a Post from Autism Capital suggested that the tech industry is not hiring Americans because “you are late.“

That put him in the crosshairs of the nationalist right, which has backed Trump over his promise to curb immigration. numbers like LoomerHost of InfoWars Owen Shroyerand others blasted other alt-right figures like Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for their pro-immigration stance. While Musk retreated from the conversation, attributing it primarily to trolling, his biggest critics also saw their blue icons removed from their profiles.

Loomer, ShroyerNewsmax contributor Gavin Waxand a political action committee ConservativeOG After publicly standing in opposition to Musk and his friends, they all lost their approval in the H-1B visa battle. The endorsement will not only cost them a checkmark, but also fees from their featured posts and any revenue they generate. premium subscribers who support them.

BREAKING:

🚨🚨🚨@elonmusk Because I dared to question his support for H1B visas, the replacement of American tech workers with Indian immigrants, he removed my blue X and questioned his relationship with China.

Looks like Elon Musk is going to shut me up… pic.twitter.com/6hvTGCEZHw

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 27, 2024

These accounts have lost their verification status because they are associated with ConservativeOG. One way to get verified on Twitter is to link to a verified organization that ConservativeOG used to belong to. the golden sign once shown in profile. At some point ConservativeOG was axed and so was everyone associated with him. Loomer and ConservativeOG has connections Archived version of Loomer’s account It shows the ConservativeOG logo next to its verification icon. It’s unclear whether Loomer’s actions cost the entire organization its review status.

Loomer is currently in Twitter jail, suspended for 12 hours according to one post he falsely accused Sriram Krishna, Trump’s chief AI policy adviser, of donating to Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.

It’s important to note that clearing the record goes beyond just those directly involved in the H-1B visa debate. The RawAlerts account posts almost exclusively clickbait and drama farm content. lost verificationand a number of other users expressed concern about why their verification status was being reviewed without explanation.

In the middle of the whole immigration kerfuffle, Musk announced A fix to the Twitter algorithm that will lower the rank of posts from users who are blocked or muted by “.valid, verified subscriber accounts” – a move Loomer interpreted as attack him for there was nothing that was not related to him. But reviewing the verification badges may be due to algorithm tuning.

Either way, it appears that Musk’s goodwill with the MAGA faithful is waning. It’s clear that Musk and other techies who decide to stick with Trump are trying to turn the page and put the H-1B debate behind them, potentially trying to squelch the accounts leading the opposition. But the far-right only dug in its feet after the shadowy de-verification move and seems intent on continuing the fight. Let everyone lose.