Fans of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have taken to X (formerly Twitter), imploring Elon Musk to buy Infowars, the platform Jones founded, and return control of the website to Jones.
Last have @elonmusk buy it and sell it back to @RealAlexJones for $1
— WolverineSnikkt (@WolverineSnikkt) September 25, 2024
@elonmusk buy infowars and sell it back to Alex! https://t.co/NhPBVmeenm
— ovrt1me (@OVRT1ME) September 25, 2024
Please tell me @elonmusk will be part of this acquisition !
— TheSavageAmerican (@SavageThe49019) September 25, 2024
On Tuesday, federal Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez stated he would approve the sale of assets belonging to Infowars' parent company, Free Speech Systems. This is to allow Jones to be able to pay off the $1.5 billion he owes families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for defamation and emotional distress.
The assets include Infowars' website, social media accounts, broadcasting equipment, product trademarks and some inventory.
Fans of Jones are urging Musk, owner of social media platform X, to buy Infowars, with some even calling for Infowars to be somehow incorporated into X.
Cool idea, please ask @elonmusk to acquire it and bake it into the X empire!
— FreeDBird (@FreeDBird1776) September 25, 2024
"Cool idea, please ask @elonmusk to acquire it and bake it into the X empire!" wrote one X user.
I wonder if @elonmusk would be interested in buying @infowars and then make it the biggest news on XTV?
— Micah Mendoza (@mendozamicah17) September 25, 2024
"I wonder if @elonmusk would be interested in buying @infowars and then make it the biggest news on XTV?" wrote another.
Musk and Jones seem to have a long-standing alliance. In 2023, Musk reinstated Jones' X account after he was "permanently suspended" from the platform in 2018, when it was still Twitter.
@elonmusk should buy Infowars
— Mike DePorch 🇺🇸🍊 (@MikeDePorch45) September 25, 2024
@elonmusk can you buy infowars and then appoint @RealAlexJones as the head of it?
— AP (@MotorCityMajor) September 25, 2024
How awesome would it be if @elonmusk bought Infowars and hired @RealAlexJones to run it?
— Kira Miller (@KiraMeMiller) September 25, 2024
Musk posted a poll to X, and reinstated the account after 70% of respondents voted in favor of the move.
Reinstate Alex Jones on this platform?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2023
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
The people have spoken and so it shall be
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2023
"The people have spoken and so it shall be," Musk posted in response to the poll.
In an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Jones pointed out that Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, would be hypocritical not to reinstate his account.
"I trend all the time, 'Hey, if you're such an absolutist on free speech, bring back Alex Jones,'" Mr. Jones said. "I understand that he needs to go through a process before he does that."
Elon Musk went from vowing to never allow Alex Jones back on the Twitter, to doing a live Twitter spaces with Alex Jones.
— National Conservative (@NatCon2022) December 11, 2023
All because Tucker Carlson interviewed him. Now @TuckerCarlson needs to interview Jared Taylor. pic.twitter.com/BwgxoisR5Y
