The richest man in the world saw his comments backfire on Saturday after he criticized a decision made by New York City's Democratic mayor elect.
Elon Musk over the weekend pounced on a report about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's decision to appoint a FDNY commissioner who has never been a firefighter.
Musk shared the article, writing, "People will die because of this. Proven experience matters when lives are at stake."
Liberal commentator JoeMyGod responded directly to Musk, saying, "At least 22 non-firefighters have been FDNY commissioners including both under Giuliani, you f------ r-----."
JoeMyGod also included a screenshot of Grok, the AI chatbot created for Musk's X social media platform, confirming that "FDNY stats show EMS handles ~80-85% of calls" and noted that the chosen commissioner "has 31+ years in EMS, including as Chief of EMS Operations."
"FDNY has had at least 22 non-firefighter commissioners since 1898," according to Musk's Grok AI program.
Matt Duss, a former foreign policy advisor for Bernie Sanders, chimed in, "Guy who killed hundreds of thousands of people by gutting foreign aid getting the year’s most unselfaware tweet in just under the wire."
Fellow Sanders aide Warren Gunnels also weighed in on social media, writing Saturday, "Dude, the cuts you made to humanitarian assistance resulted in the deaths of 600,000 people, two thirds of them children - saving U.S taxpayers just 17 cents a day, $64 a year. All while you became $450 billion richer since Trump was elected."
"How about sitting this one out," Gunnels then added.
LGBTQ non-profit co-founder Melanie D'Arrigo also noted, "Lillian Bonsignore has 31 years of experience with EMS and is a retired EMS chief, which is part of the FDNY. The two previous FDNY commissioners had no experience beyond being donors and political allies."
Mamdani himself also weighed in on Saturday, writing, "Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who spent more than 30 years at EMS."
"You know, the workforce that addresses at least 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?" he added.
