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White House slams Musk ‘antisemitic rhetoric,’ says ‘foolish’ to drop SpaceX contracts
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/white-house-slams-musk-antisemitic-post-but-says-foolish-to-drop-spacex-contracts.html

text below from Berger again
> White House concerns on Musk won't halt SpaceX contracts. The Biden White House is not moving away from Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Starlink technology despite condemning Musk for pushing antisemitic comments on social media, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday. Musk’s antisemitic X post last week drew a swift response from the White House. “We condemn this abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans,” spokesman Andrew Bates said, according to CNBC.
>Difficult to move away from innovative services ... "There’s innovation out there in the private sector that we’d be foolish to walk away from,” Kirby replied, when a reporter asked if the government was reconsidering its contracts with Musk’s rocket maker and his high-speed satellite Internet provider. “I’m not aware of any specific efforts to address our concerns over his rhetoric through the way that his companies provide support to our national security establishment,” said Kirby. Just because the federal government has no plans to walk away from Musk’s technology, however, “doesn’t mean that we accept or agree with or condone in any way that antisemitic rhetoric that he pushed,” Kirby added.