Far-Left radio host Dean Obeidallah, who appears regularly on MSNBC, announced this week that he was trying to take action to “strip” new Twitter CEO Elon Musk of his U.S. citizenship.
“As a lawyer Im going to do research to see if @elonmusk in any way lied on his application for US citizenship,” Obeidallah claimed. “I’ll be making a FOIA request for his immigration application. If he lied anywhere on application we will move to strip him of US citizenship. Stay tuned.”
“I formally made a request via FOIA today for Elon Musk’s immigration application documents,” he continued. “I will let you know what I hear back. The application may be 100% fine with no misinformation or lies. Then again… We will see.”
Obeidallah claimed that Musk was “trying to manipulate both [U.S. political] sides into violence.” “Reminder: Elon musk does NOT the love the USA,” he claimed without evidence. “He is using us to attack each other. Is Elon Putin funded? China funded? Unclear. But he’s anti-American.”
Obeidallah was mocked online over the claims.
Journalist Yashar Ali tweeted: “Some of you have truly lost the plot. Also, you can’t gain access to someone else’s immigration records without their written consent. ‘As a lawyer…'”
Some of you have truly lost the plot.
Also, you can’t gain access to someone else’s immigration records without their written consent.
“As a lawyer…” pic.twitter.com/gjkVqorgL1
— Yashar Ali 🐘 یاشار (@yashar) October 31, 2022
Even as Obeidallah acknowledged that Musk would have to consent to such records being released but then floated a conspiracy theory that Musk could be hiding something if he does not agree.
“If he consents, I will share the file,” Obeidallah tweeted. “If he refuses to consent then we must ask: What is Elon hiding?!”
Political commentator Tatjana Pasalic mocked Obeidallah, writing, “People breathless about fascism on the reg openly promoting stripping @elonmusk of US citizenship because he disagrees with them. Amazing.”
“I did everything by the books when I moved here & now watch the US immigration turn into a joke: open borders, toying with ideas of illegals voting, free money/abortions/IDs-all OK on our tax $$ but @elonmusk disagreeing with a lib?” she continued. “He must be sent back! Much tolerant, very wow.”
I did everything by the books when I moved here & now watch the US immigration turn into a joke: open borders, toying with ideas of illegals voting, free money/abortions/IDs-all OK on our tax $$ but @elonmusk disagreeing with a lib? He must be sent back! Much tolerant, very wow.
— Tatjana Pasalic (@Tattytats) October 31, 2022
“Rookie,” investigative journalist Chuck Ross tweeted. “You’re not getting that s*** through FOIA.”
National Review editor Rich Lowry tweeted, “They’ll want his birth certificate next.”
“If this doesn’t get Musk deported, nothing will,” attorney Scott Greenfield mocked.
Attorney Ari Cohn added, “It seems fitting that a dude who was suspended from practice for 12 years would write something this stupid and incompetent.”
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