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Musk Faces Backlash for Labeling ADL a 'Hate Group'
10/1/2025
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- Elon Musk clashed with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo after labeling the Anti-Defamation League a "hate group" following a Michigan church shooting.
- Cuomo explained Musk's post referenced a 2017 ADL report on "Christian Identity," a fringe ideology.
- Musk dismissed Cuomo with a "piss off" and blocked him.
- Cuomo warned Musk's remarks could provoke violence against the ADL, which condemned the mischaracterization of its stance.
