Keep Elon Musk and speech free

Published September 5, 2024 2:39pm ET



Former Labor Secretary turned TikTok influencer Robert Reich just last week penned an op-ed in the Guardian suggesting that “regulators around the world should threaten [Elon] Musk with arrest” if he refuses to “stop disseminating lies and hate on X.” 

Funnily enough, Reich has for years strongly insinuated the existence of some nefarious link between former President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that won Trump the presidency. This link, mind you, ultimately proved to be largely exaggerated, if not completely false. One wonders whether Reich would hold himself to his standard for “disseminating lies,” necessitating his own arrest. We won’t hold our breath.

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