I agree that the original claims can't be taken as absolute truth either without further proof. The claim of paid protest only happens to be more suspect becau

I agree that the original claims can't be taken as absolute truth either without further proof. The claim of paid protest only happens to be more suspect because of Trump's recent pattern of writing off dissent as inauthentic when in aggregate it's clearly grassroots and sincere. The link between Musk and Trump reinforces this, but it may be only a coincidence. It's context worth noting but it's not absolute proof that Musk is lying.