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- Sunny Hostin, co-host on The View, claimed on June 4, 2025, that Elon Musk's government cuts killed over 300,000 people, mostly children.
- Hostin attributed the deaths to Musk's cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency, including slashing 250,000 federal employees, over 8,500 contracts, and 10,000 grants.
- Hostin made these statements during an ABC broadcast without providing evidence, and her co-hosts did not challenge the so-called statistic or claims.
- She claimed that Elon Musk’s budget cuts, particularly in foreign aid and medical research, resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 people, primarily children, and described the situation as one of the darkest episodes in U.S. History.
- These remarks drew criticism for lacking proof and were viewed as part of a pattern of hyperbolic rhetoric from some media figures opposing Musk and the Trump administration.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer on how Elon Musk is putting the DOGE chain saw down, but the damage has been done: The roughly $100 million SpaceX Starship rocket that blew up last week coincided with Elon Musk’s costly flameout overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency. SpaceX, one of Musk’s companies that has benefited from at least $38 billion in corporate welfare from the federal government, termed the failed rocket mission a “rapid unsch…
‘The View’ Host: Elon Musk Killed 300,000 People with DOGE Cuts – ‘Mostly Children’
ABC News propaganda show "The View" has pushed wild claims about Elon Musk's service to the U.S. federal government. The post ‘The View’ Host: Elon Musk Killed 300,000 People with DOGE Cuts – ‘Mostly Children’ appeared first on Slay News.
ABC News: Musk Killed 300,000 Kids, Knows How Trump Stole Election
ABC News: Musk Killed 300,000 Kids, Knows How Trump Stole Election admin Wed, 06/04/2025 - 15:07 Article URL https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/06/04/abc-news-musk-killed-300000-kids-knows-how-trump-stole Article Source NewsBusters Article Description You would think that an ABC News program like The View would have some sort of journalistic standard they needed to meet, but that clearly wasn’t the case during Wednes…
‘The View’ Host Claims Elon Musk Caused 300,000 Deaths Due To DOGE Cuts: ‘Mostly Children’
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin claimed on Wednesday that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk was responsible — through cuts suggested by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project — for the loss of some 300,000 lives, who were “mostly children.”Hostin made the comments during the ABC midday broadcast of “The View,” where she argued that even though Musk was stepping away from a more central role within President Donald Trump’s inner …
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