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“The Democrats would lose approximately 20 seats in the House if illegals were not counted in the census and that’s also 20 less electoral votes for president.”
Elon Musk Entrepreneur. interview with Don Lemon. Claim dated 19 Mar 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

One analysis found the estimated net impact in 2020 was that one Democratic state picked up a seat from a Republican state. Another analysis found there would be no difference in the partisan balance.

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In short

Elon Musk (Entrepreneur) made this claim around 19 March 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 March 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Elon Musk has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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