On Election Day, Elon Musk used his X account to encourage his 203 million followers to vote for Donald J. Trump. He also used it to stoke fears about election interference.
Mr. Musk, one of Mr. Trump’s most vocal and wealthy supporters, has thrown the weight of his social media company and his wallet behind the former president. He’s given almost $120 million to the Trump campaign and posted incessantly about Mr. Trump in recent weeks.
On Tuesday, he posted, “Men are voting in record numbers,” and predicted a “massive sea change” in Mr. Trump’s favor as a result. He reshared posts from other Trump supporters and peppered his replies with American flag emojis.
Mr. Musk also shared a photo of himself wearing a leather jacket adorned with a voting sticker. “Just voted in Cameron County, Texas, home of Starbase!” he added, referring to a facility for his rocket company, SpaceX.
Mr. Musk had said he would host virtual audio “town halls” on Monday night and Tuesday morning to take questions from voters. But after the Monday stream on X was plagued with technical difficulties, Mr. Musk ended the call and did not appear to launch one on Tuesday at the scheduled time.
The tech mogul posted more dark predictions about Mr. Trump’s opponents on Tuesday. He continued to suggest that Democrats would steal the election from Mr. Trump, a claim that he has shared repeatedly in recent months. He also repeated allegations that voting machines are unreliable.
He also accused Google of biasing search results in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris. Earlier Tuesday, the search giant’s response to queries about where to vote for Ms. Harris displayed a map of polling places, but a similar query about Mr. Trump resulted in news articles.
Google said that the map was displayed because Ms. Harris’s name was similar to Harris County in Texas and that it would correct the issue.
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