Elon Musk Again Gets the Best of Dem Rep Ted Lieu, Who Walks Back Tweet After Being Fact-Checked and then Referred to Community Notes

Elon Musk today again got the best of U.S. House Rep Ted Lieu (D-CA), who walked back a tweet after being fact-checked and then referred to community notes.

The situation occurred when Lieu challenged journalist David Zweig, who had released the latest version of the #TwitterFiles involving COVID.

Lieu zeroed in on tweet #23 which was the 4th part of “Exhibit A” from Zweig:

“Dr. Martin Kulldorff, an epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School, tweeted views at odds with US public health authorities and the American left, the political affiliation of nearly the entire staff at Twitter.”

“Internal emails show an ‘intent to action’ by a moderator, saying Kulldorff’s tweet violated the company’s Covid-19 misinformation policy and claimed he shared ‘false information.'”

“But Kulldorff’s statement was an expert’s opinion—one which also happened to be in line with vaccine policies in numerous other countries. Yet it was deemed “false information” by Twitter moderators merely because it differed from CDC guidelines.”

“After Twitter took action, Kulldorff’s tweet was slapped with a ‘Misleading’ label and all replies and likes were shut off, throttling the tweet’s ability to be seen and shared by many people, the ostensible core function of the platform.”

Lieu disagreed and in a quote tweet said, “Dear @davidzweig: The tweet you cite is in fact misleading. People of all ages at high risk from COVID generally benefit from vaccines. Prior natural immunity may last only a few months. COVID appears to be a leading cause of death for children.”

In order to support his argument, Lieu linked to a study and in response, one Twitter user who is a public health fact checker, told him, “@tedlieu The preprint you linked to has actually been re-written as a result of my critique because it is seriously flawed and inaccurate. You linked to the old version.”

Musk then chimed in and responded, “Ted is linking to misleading data @CommunityNotes.”

Ultimately, Lieu ended up deleting the tweet and then reissuing a new quote tweet where changed the last sentence and linked to a different article.

“COVID can still be lethal for some children,” Lieu insisted.

Ted is linking to misleading data @CommunityNotes

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2022

Dear @davidzweig: The tweet you cite is in fact misleading. People of all ages at high risk from COVID generally benefit from vaccines. Prior natural immunity may last only a few months. COVID can still be lethal for some children. https://t.co/D5V0SlZFDZ https://t.co/pM5q5dcO2Q

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 26, 2022

As we previously reported, Lieu changed his tune after being challenged by Musk by admitting that he can say what he wants because of the Constitution.

Dem Rep Ted Lieu Comes Clean After Sparring with Elon Musk, Admits he can Say What he Wants Because of the Constitution