BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mocked CNN, saying he’s surprised the liberal network still exists after it reported he did not supply ventilators to hospitals treating coronavirus patients — a claim the billionaire disputed in a series of tweets.
“Three weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he had obtained more than 1,000 ventilators to help California hospitals treating patients infected with the coronavirus, the governor’s office says none of the promised ventilators have been received by hospitals,” CNN’s verified account tweeted.
Back in March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Musk had already made good on his promise. “I told you a few days ago that he was likely to have 1,000 ventilators this week,” Newsom said at a press conference, adding the ventilators arrived in Los Angeles and that Musk was working with the hospital association to get the equipment out. “It was a heroic effort.”
Rather than admit they got it wrong, CNN doubled down. “Why did he only deliver 1000?” the tweet began. “He’s a billionaire, and that’s the best he can do? Could it be that he has a problem with possibly helping all of the illegal immigrants that are entering California daily? He says he’s from South Africa, but there is no record of any white people ever living in that nation. These are compelling reasons not to believe anything he says.”