Elon Musk’s recent complaint about George Soros backfired when critics pointed out the billionaire was doing exactly what he accused Soros of.
On Sunday, Musk took aim at Soros after a heckler interrupted him at an event in Wisconsin. Musk was there backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel, giving out $1 million checks to sway voters in an election that will shape the state’s Supreme Court. During his speech, Musk claimed that Soros sent “operatives” to the event, mocking the idea as he laughed it off: “Give my regards to George. Say ‘hi’ to George for me.”
Soros, a billionaire known for supporting progressive causes, is often targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories that accuse him of trying to buy elections. But Musk’s critics were quick to point out the irony.
While Soros has donated millions to support candidates, Musk was directly handing out cash—$19.3 million to Schimel—almost 10 times more than Soros gave to Schimel’s opponent, Susan Crawford. People on social media didn’t hold back.
“Every accusation is a confession,” said journalist Mehdi Hasan.
User @krystalball replied, “Pretending like they are paid Soros operatives while you are LITERALLY THERE TO BRIBE PEOPLE TO VOTE!”
Others weren’t shy about pointing out the glaring hypocrisy. “Does Elon know he’s actually doing everything he accuses George Soros of doing?” asked one user.
“You have to be insane, INSANE narcissist and sociopath to think anyone that doesn’t like you is being paid or is part of the deep state,” wrote @SweepsMcCool.
Brian Tyler Cohen questioned, “Sorry—is Elon Musk attacking George Soros… while he’s literally buying an election in Wisconsin… the exact thing that Republicans baselessly claim that George Soros does?”
Critics also pointed out Musk’s past actions, including paying people to attend events and influencing elections. As one user put it, “He says George Soros this and that while literally paying people to do stuff for him including voting and showing up to events (evidence is his own tweets). The craziest timeline I swear to god.”
User @RoseSee had enough of Musk’s antics: “Says the awkward weirdo who is trying to buy votes. You don’t have to pay people to hate you, it just comes naturally. Get out of our elections.”
Secular Talk shot back with pure fire: “MY BROTHER IN CHRIST YOU ARE LITERALLY AT AN EVENT TO BUY AN ELECTION GIVING OUT A MILLION DOLLARS SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB BITCH.”
“The Daily Show” even recently shared a segment in which right-wingers complained about Soros but tweaked the video to make it seem like they were talking about Musk.
Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/0Um3rYgiXr
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 11, 2025
The backlash continued, with more users calling out Musk’s behavior as hypocritical and manipulative, saying he was essentially trying to buy the election while accusing Soros of the same thing. “He literally dangled a $2 million check for this crowd to show up!” another user pointed out.
