by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News July 31, 2024
Elon Musk posted to X that he has accepted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s challenge to a fight.
Maduro made the challenge on national television after Musk alleged that Sunday’s presidential election in which Maduro claimed a third six-year term was fraudulent.
“Maduro, leave! Venezuelans chose to end the communist dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro. The data announce a crushing victory of the opposition, and the world is waiting for you to recognize the defeat after years of socialism, misery, decadence and death,” Musk wrote in a post to X.
Exit polls and preliminary poll tallies suggested an overwhelming victory for opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez — the only legitimate opposition candidate allowed to be on the ballot — against the ruling dictator. The Venezuelan opposition immediately contested the “official” results, claiming that Gonzalez defeated Maduro by a roughly 40-percent vote difference.
Just after midnight Monday, six hours after polling stations were supposed to close, the regime-controlled National Electoral Council declared that Maduro would extend his 11-year rule into the next decade. The council said that Maduro had won 51.2% of the vote, compared to 44.2% of the vote for Gonzalez.
Maduro said: “Social media creates a virtual reality, and who controls the virtual reality? Our new archenemy, the famous Elon Musk. Do you want to fight? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I’m ready.”
He continued: “I’m not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let’s fight, wherever you want.”
By Wednesday afternoon, as news of Maduro’s challenge against Musk spread online, the X CEO responded to a tweet about the confrontation, simply writing, “I accept.”
JUST IN: Elon Musk accepts Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro’s challenge to a fight.
Just when you thought 2024 couldn’t get any crazier.
Maduro: “Elon Musk. Whoever messes with me, dries up. Whoever messes with Venezuela dries up, Elon Musk.
You want to fight? Let’s have… pic.twitter.com/rqvCphOsuJ
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